Stoicism: Turn suffering into unshakeable inner strength | Chloé Valdary

Chloé Valdary shares the ancient Stoic principle that can defeat modern despair. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► Up next, Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile ► It can be difficult to process sadness. People often try to numb it, avoid it, or deny that they’re even experiencing it, instead of better understanding and working through the emotion. The Stoics offer a more head-on approach. This school of philosophy is often falsely associated with the suppression of emotions. But it’s more accurate to say that the Stoics were interested in how people can respond virtuously to life’s trials and tragedies. The answer, according to general Stoic thought, is that we shouldn’t deny emotions or the things that make us feel pain or sadness, but rather strive to accept that which we cannot control and do our best to process our emotions in a way that puts us on a prod