Neel Burton
ASIN: B081BCJJT6
Publisher: Acheron Press
Pages: 208
To control our emotions is to control ourselves, and to control ourselves is to control our destiny.The mind is its own place, and in itself/ Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.—Milton, Paradise LostIt has forever been said that we are ruled by our emotions, but this today is truer than ever. Much more than reason or tradition, it is our emotions that determine our choice of profession, partner, and politics, and our relation to money, sex, and religion. Nothing can make us feel more alive, or more human, than our emotions, or hurt us more. Yet, astonishingly, the emotions are utterly neglected in our schools and universities and broader society, leading to millions of mis-lived lives.My own journey is a case in point: I trained as a doctor, and later specialized in psychiatry, without ever being taught about the emotions.This book proposes to redress the balance, exploring ...