#485 - Susan Cain - Why Sensitive People Enjoy Feeling Sad

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Susan Cain is a best-selling author and speaker.

There’s a tyranny of positivity in the modern world. Talking about emotions like longing and sorrow are not usually encouraged. And yet tons of people feel like this and hearing others tell us about their melancholy brings us closer to them, so how can we integrate bittersweet emotions into our lives and what can they teach us about ourselves?

Expect to learn whether the world has become better for introverts, why sad music seems to make us happy, whether people are genetically predisposed to feeling bittersweet emotions, how to deal with impermanence in life when everyone we love is going to die, why I felt sad after looking at the moon and much more…

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0:00.0	What's happening people? Welcome back to the show.
0:03.5	My guest today is Susan Cain. She's a best-selling author and a speaker.
0:08.5	There's a tyranny of positivity in the modern world.
0:11.2	Talking about emotions like longing and sorrow are not usually encouraged.
0:15.9	And yet, tons of people feel like this.
0:18.7	And hearing others tell us about their melancholy brings us closer to them.
0:23.0	So how can we integrate bittersweet emotions into our lives?
0:26.5	And what can they teach us about ourselves?
0:29.1	Expect to learn whether the world has become better for introverts.
0:32.6	Why sad music seems to make us happy?
0:35.1	Whether people are genetically predisposed to feeling bittersweet emotions,
0:39.1	how to deal with impermanence in life when everyone we love is going to die,
0:43.4	why I felt sad after looking at the moon and much more.
0:49.0	Susan definitely seems to be able to put her finger on an unspoken dynamic
0:53.9	that's going on in society.
0:55.6	Previously, it was about the power of introverts in a world that seems to be designed for extraversion
1:01.0	and how quiet is actually a competitive advantage.
1:03.9	And this is also true.
1:05.9	This bittersweet melancholic desire that some people have,
1:10.4	why it is that we enjoy sad music or barren, sparse landscapes and imagery and stuff like that.
1:16.9	It is very interesting. I hope you enjoyed this one.
1:20.1	In other news, this episode is brought to you by BetterHelp.
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