Why Sensitive People Enjoy Feeling Sad - Susan Cain - #485
Susan Cain is a best-selling author and speaker. There’s a tyranny of positivity in the modern world. Talking about emotions like longing and sorrow are not usually encouraged. And yet tons of people feel like this and hearing others tell us about...
June 11, 2022
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Summary
Susan Cain is a best-selling author and speaker.
There’s a tyranny of positivity in the modern world. Talking about emotions like longing and sorrow are not usually encouraged. And yet tons of people feel like this and hearing others tell us about their melancholy brings us closer to them, so how can we integrate bittersweet emotions into our lives and what can they teach us about ourselves?
Expect to learn whether the world has become better for introverts, why sad music seems to make us happy, whether people are genetically predisposed to feeling bittersweet emotions, how to deal with impermanence in life when everyone we love is going to die, why I felt sad after looking at the moon and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:19) Is the World More Introvert-Friendly?
(03:34) The Need to Embrace Joy & Sorrow
(09:48) Experiences of Awe & Dread
(17:00) Where Creativity Comes From
(26:48) Struggling to Accept Being Introverted
(36:38) The Tyranny of Positivity
(41:01) Witnessing a Lunar Eclipse
(47:31) Being Open in Competitive Environments
(55:44) How to Accept Death
(1:08:01) Where to Find Susan
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