Society is Rotten to the Core with Emotionalism

Society is rotten to the core with emotionalism.

We have emotionalized almost everything.

This is a very different thing than respecting the power of emotion. Emotionalism does not leverage the formidable ability of emotions, instead it parades them around like props and trophies.

Emotionalism tells us emotions are virtuous in and of themselves. That they need no justification. That not only are their existences valid, but so are their sudden and immediate displays.

We have become enamoured with “trauma.” It must be discussed, defended, rehashed and forever ruminated on. People covet the responses of others, forever chasing the high that comes from the fallout of an emotional outburst. Look at what I’ve been through! You know it must be important because I am this angry.

The truth is, the power of emotion occurs when they are not seen or heard. This is because if we keep them in, we can use them. Their energy and innate insights can be converted into productive outputs. Anger into action, fear into reason, sadness into deep contemplation.

This is the true power of emotions. Not as things to flaunt or showcase, but as deep-seated mental states to leverage, rationally.

Only the logical mind can use emotions, since to use a thing non-randomly requires reason. The facets of an emotion cannot attend to positive real-world outcomes without first being observed internally.

Emotions are not things to discuss with others or “get in touch with.” Their “analysis” is not a path to mental health or increased self-awareness. Such notions are not “scientific” or “therapeutic.” Those who talk about their emotions all have one thing in common; they never stop. It is a circular, self-defeating process that never attains a true understanding of feelings.

The emotionalism in today’s society in not valid, justified or healthy. It has degraded society towards a vacuum of values, all in the name of unique experiences, positivity and faux empowerment.

There is only one value system that can unify humanity, and it does not come at the expense of one’s culture, sex, beliefs or experience.

We must stop celebrating emotion for its own sake, and instead embrace its power through reason. Not the “reason” used liberally and inappropriately by utopian thinkers and scientific absolutists, but rather the logical and reasoned arguments of a disciplined mind. The logic that observes emotions and uses them judiciously.

This is not the abandonment of emotion, for only those who display emotion arbitrarily truly abandon emotion’s potential. They are the ones who dissipate what emotions could have done for them, and others.

Society must let go of emotionalism. It has failed.