There is an interview with a psychotherapist in the latest issue of The Sun who believes that part of the reason our culture is so fucked is because we are obsessed with avoiding any negative emotion.

By blocking out or trying to get through as quickly as possible grief or anxiety or anger we become emotionally handicapped.

She also briefly mentions emotional ecology, the worldwide human context of emotion, and the problem of feeling sad for the world and not having an outlet for expressing it.

Today I feel sad for the world.

I'd like to have her over for dinner.