Listening to the voice of the emotions "We've been brought up with the idea of rejection, separation and pain are bad things and suffering that is considered weak or less fortunate," Manuel Barroso cultural context of emotions human beings we move in a context in which emotions are seen as a weakness rather than a potential. The thought of the last century has emphasized the use of reason, ignoring the emotions, indeed considered a weakness. Culturally we have been educated to lead us "rationally" under the premise "I think, therefore I am", downplaying the emotion and its expression, further suppressing / calming emotions. This denial of emotions creates an emotional disability undermines the common sense of people and their identity. This brings devastating consequences for humans, since emotions are a part of its own, innate, inseparable from human nature, and when we repress or deny, we are denying ourselves and living a life inauthentic. The truth is that our education system emphasizes intellectual education, but very little emotional education, so people often become educated individuals intellectually, but emotionally illiterate. In this context it is common to hear expressions such as: If you are sad or crying will think you're weak, let the anger … they'll think you're a bitter (a), do not laugh so hard …
you look so vulgar when do, control yourself, do not cry … men do not cry, etc. There are emotions like anger, fear or sadness that in some contexts, are not socially accepted, therefore, we try to deny or camouflage.