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I don't get lonely. About 20 years ago, I decided to focus on something every time I felt a negative emotion. I did this extremely consistently, and worked most negative emotion out of my emotional repertoire in 3 or 4 years, and nearly completely in about 6 or 7 years. I have almost no negative emotion left in my emotional repertoire.

I'd study a wall, or a blade of grass. I'd thrust my attention on whatever I could find. You always have something you can focus on. I usually had a book with me.

However, I don't feel much positive emotion, possibly related, and I don't know that I necessarily recommend eliminating loneliness. That might work like cutting off the power to your smoke alarms--just kill the pain sensors and let the problem fester.



This sounds really unhealthy? Like you’re refusing to acknowledge the negative emotion and suppressing it?

I’ve run across some folks over the years who did this a lot, and they tended to explode when sometime did push past/overwhelm it.


Sounds like a distraction strategy




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