There has been much essential therapy emphasis on learning to feel and to express emotions. Relatively noncontroversial is the idea that if I am blocking an uncomfortable emotion, then its expression will usually ease my discomfort. More controversial is the idea that if I have an uncomfortable feeling, then I can always change that feeling by changing my thinking as discussed earlier in Chapter 8. They stay stuck in the same unhappy feelings over and over. Feelings are vital, but if the end result of feeling them is not the feeling of calmness, you may be stuck.
Happiness is a choice.
Most believe otherwise.