Negative Emotions

We are taught to value our emotions, such that pleasurable emotions are good, painful emotions are bad. Some of us carry this further, and feel that negative emotions are extremely disagreeable, and positive emotions are extremely agreeable. If negative emotions were bad, then they would not have been associated with happiness. Negative emotions can help in reminding ourselves of the situation, when we are unhappy. We are the cause of our own conundrum. We want to feel happy all the time, and are vexed, when we do not.