Probably a third of all miseries that trouble humankind are emotional. Psychiatrists mostly discover that their patients are emotionally troubled and mentally feeble. Troubled people have their minds weakened or overwhelmed by strong emotions.
For instance, a paranoid may imagine that people dont like him. A diagnosis may show that the problem could be a very low self-esteem. I dont think Im a person worthy of anything, he may insist. Further diagnosis may show that the patient was abused or maltreated as a child. The trauma had impressed a negative emotion that stayed in him, grew, and finally took over his mindset and perceptions.
Lets take a simpler and more common example. A spirited talk about their childs birthday party somehow ended up on a sour note. Mary couldnt figure out why John suddenly became argumentative about what cake to buy. Later on, John admitted that cakes werent really that important to him. He told her that any cake would do as long as their child liked it. Its just that hes bothered by how his boss has been treating him in the office. His boss has been criticizing everything he decides on. John couldnt take being opposed anymore, even with...