Hello kettl, I'm Pot.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Mike Mann and you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, what are the benefits of feeling uncomfortable?

I'm hot, I'm cold, I'm a little scared, I'm a little confused, I'm a little

frustrated. Angela today we have an amazing question about getting uncomfortable.

Oh my gosh I'm already uncomfortable. This is so awkward.

Here we go, dear NSQ. In a recent episode of the show, Angela said that in today's day and age,

the discomfort that

people have with negative emotions is unhealthy. So I was wondering, as a society, are we getting progressively

less tolerant of all kinds of discomfort,

physical and psychological? And is that such a bad thing? Hasn't

intolerance for discomfort motivated the development of technological advances to

improve our situations.

For example, if we're in physical pain or we're clinically depressed,

we can now take safe regulated medicine.

If we're hot, we can turn on the air conditioning

and find relief.

Is sustained experience of discomfort really an important

skill for people to master thanks are from New York. You mean like capital

R period, right? Yes, R from New York.

What we do know is that R might be in the CIA

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