The benefits of Stoicism dominate the modern mental health industry. It is not just Daily Stoic that has gained significant traction on social media, but we see how this mindset has permeated more recent behavioral therapies, like CBT and REBT. Even more so, the modern psychiatric industry is predicated on the idea that negative emotions need to be suppressed through medications that make us more passive but at least our lives more manageable. The message is simple: The problem isn’t with your environment but how you perceive it. Change your perspective, and the environment will change with it. In essence, our emotions are the problem, not what generates them. To quote Marcus Aurelius:
Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.
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