Do I Want to Be Stoic?

Fleeting

do I want to be stoic?

I like the idea of not letting oneself overcome emotions and consider that I can decide how I feel. But on the other hand, I have the intuition that when living traumatic events, like the loss of a child, feeling those emotions help the recovery.

Ideally, I could draw a line between the events that are not considered that bad and for which I can decide how I feel and the others for which I can decide to let the emotion go through.

Or may be those are similar, in the sense I can decide to feel pain if I deem this is the appropriate emotion?

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