ChristianKl comments on Open thread, Feb. 9 - Feb. 15, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 13 February 2015 07:08:11PM 1 point [-]

When the state is genuinely counterproductive to your goals, remind yourself of that while suppressing it.

Suppressing emotions is generally unhealthy. Living with suppressed anger is stressful. Either funnel the emotion into action or release it.

Comment author: ilzolende 16 February 2015 01:25:10AM 0 points [-]

My goal is not to live with it, my goal is to remain stable until I can leave the situation. Long-term suppression is bad, but the alternatives to short-term suppression are generally worse.

I have funneled the emotion into action when possible (I am quite possibly the only teenager who configured FileVault in the middle of an angry argument), but sometimes you just need to appear calm.