Negative Emotions Are Okay, Too

Patrick Whitehead
Nov 5 · 10 min read

A closer look at loneliness, anxiety, and depression.

Ranger, Fall 2018

We live in a time of the chewable antidepressant pill. Upwards of 40% of adults in the United States have taken antidepressants for mood disorders. There is a powerful aversion to feelings of unhappiness, despair, loneliness, irritability, and anger. We are taught that these are to be avoided at all costs. In some cases, we have learned that their…

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