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Being Emotionally Attached to Your Bias (or emotionally biased)
Being emotionally attached to Your bias (or emotionally biased), ideas, information, thoughts leads to conflict, agitation, aggression, manipulation, control, violence, pain, etc.
What is “being emotionally attached to Your bias”?
An emotional bias is a distortion in cognition and decision making due to emotional factors (Wikipedia). In my own understanding, the more I’m attached to feeling a certain kind of way, the more my decision making and the ability to process information is misguided. Or even further, the more I’m attached to not feeling (or getting away from) a certain kind of way, the more my decision making and the ability to process information is misguided. It works both ways.
For example, one president wins = I feel great because it’s the “right” decision and everything will be fine. Meaning, I will be fine. I will feel good if x happens. They will bring justice and equality for all!
And more importantly, if the other president wins = I feel bad, angry, scared, will experience doom and pain, control (insert Your own emotional bias here. This doesn’t have to be the presidential race, it can be anything).
This leads the individual to be emotionally invested in the presidential race or the current political state (or any…
