It can happen in a moment, triggered by an interaction with a partner, a family member, or a work colleague. It can build up overtime, triggered by saying “yes” too often and the day-to-day effort of managing family, career, and self. It can happen because of work stress, a relationship break up, or a misfortune. […]
In general, humans try to avoid emotional turbulence by suppressing or ignoring difficult thoughts and their accompanying physical sensations. Suffering occurs in direct correlation to the amount of effort we expend to deny, avoid, or suppress feeling. Feelings are intensified by the beliefs and attitudes we hold towards emotion. If we view emotion as negative
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Learned-odor response is a phenomenon where people naturally pair an aroma with a person, place, object, or event, creating an instantaneous memory link. This pairing of aroma and “thing” likely has ancient biological roots because remembering that a smell was safe or dangerous was essential to survival. In my own life, I have an example
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