Emotional Truth: The Search Starts Here
PsyBlog: Psychology Blog: Emotional Truth: The Search Starts Here
“A thought comes when it will, not when I will.” - Nietzsche, quoted in Solomon (2003).
Nietzsche’s quote raises an important question about both thoughts and, implicitly, about emotions. Many people would say their emotions only come when they will and not when they want. So how do thoughts and emotions interact in everyday life and in therapeutic processes like cognitive behavioural therapy? Do we really have any control over our emotions or are they things that just happen to us?
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