Thoughts
When we experience an uncomfortable emotion, we usually respond with: "This doesn't feel good, I don't want this because it makes me feel bad." - this emotion is bad
So why do we feel not good now? Because of the emotion? Nope! We have felt an emotion and evaluated it immediately "negative." The way we formulated "not good, bad feeling = bad emotion" triggered a negative experience. The emotion itself didn't do anything at all! It was the thought that controlled our reaction to the emotion.
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That's just my personal perspective. You choose what to do with it! Hopefully, I was able to provide another point of view with this thought experiment and that it helps one or the other to cope with their own emotions.
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