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I am thrilled to join in welcoming you here, Oliver Burkeman! As an Apocaloptimistic (margaretannaalice.subst…) Stoic, I am an enthusiastic fan of your work and referenced The Antidote in my Dissident Dialogue with Meredith Miller:

“In The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking, Oliver Burkeman posits that people’s attempts to resist their negative feelings actually reinforce them, thanks to ironic process theory and the power of suppression to enhance the thoughts being sublimated.

“Sourcing wisdom from the Stoics, Burkeman reveals that—much like radical acceptance—embracing feelings such as fear, anxiety, and depression can help us overcome them.”