[PatrickHenry]

Ayn Rand wrote a bit on this problem of emotions. Generally she held that emotional responses were a direct consequences of one's philosophical principles, and that if a person were rational and understood the reasons for his decisions, he would feel the healthy emotion of self-esteem. Yadda yadda. I can't find a good link to one of her essays on this. I don't think she had much sympathy for the idea of someone having "genuine" psyshological problems.

[longshadow]

healthy self-esteem placemarker

[Doctor Stochastic]

I've read her stuff on this. It's true that one may feel better by being rational, but people with real problems (chemical lack, like diabetes) just can't do it. There is a difference between having (clinical) depression and having the blues (even delta blues, even if you didn't kill someone in Nashville just to watch him die.)