It seems like a lot of people, particularly, mental health professionals claim that numbing one's emotions or avoiding feeling things is a bad thing. It seems like those that aren't in touch with their feelings, don't respond to situations on an emotional level, or don't have high amounts of empathy are regarded as "defective" and need to be fixed through therapy or medication or whatever.

What I don't understand is why? Why is being this way regarded as a flaw by the so called "professionals" in mental health?

So what if somebody isn't good with feelings or chooses to not rely on them? So what if somebody's chosen coping mechanism to some type of trauma is to avoid feeling? So what if somebody prefers cold logic to emotional responses? So what if somebody has a low EQ? Is this truly a bad thing?

I don't think it's a bad thing to be this way. I think that most of these so called "professionals" have this grand idea that one needs to be this touchy feely person who is in touch with their feelings to be well. I don't think one needs to be emotional to be considered "healthy".

Think about it: the overwhelming majority of human history had people who weren't highly emotional because being emotional would have been a way to get yourself killed. From the caveman days to the ancient Greek and Roman days to the medieval times to early American colonization up to the past 100 years even, the strongest and most successful of humans were the least emotional. I don't see anything wrong with how humans used to be in that regard because from an evolutionary standpoint, emotional numbness is advantageous. Even today, being successful in a career or business often requires a degree of ruthlessness that one wouldn't find in a highly emotional person.

Yet these therapists and other mental health professionals treat us as though we are "broken" for not having feelings or even avoiding feelings in place of logic. Why?

Why change now when being this way served humanity so faithfully in the past?

I'm genuinely curious as to what others think about this.