Hello I am new here.
The title does not give me enough space to describe the topic.
I have learned that if I see myself as system 2 and some of my feelings as system 1 it helps me a lot in dealing with some of my desires and emotions.
E.g. I sit and contemplate about certain feelings and reflect upon the fact that they are created by my brain and they are not my own. Some of those feelings are irrational (e.g. irrational fear of something) and it really helps me. I say to myself that feeling is created by my brain and it's not me that feels that way. It's a kind of distancing.
But I have to ask if those feeling are produced by the unconscious processes then why should I not think the same about all feelings?
E.g. when I eat food that I find tasty I have to ask should I be enjoying this? It seems like in order to solve one problem I am creating others. By being mindful for negative emotions my brain is now starting to treat positive emotions as unworthy like it did to negative ones.
Has there been any research on this done? Do any of you have any ideas that you can help me with?