I've noticed during the last 2 decades especially, (but it has probably been happening since Freud started going on about them) the focus on emotions as the primary driver of human experience. We are taught to focus on our emotions, through school, media, work, self help, psychiatry among others avenues.

Emotional thinking short circuits rational thought, it will in all people, but some people have trained themselves to stop, and look at what is actually happening in order to help be calm and find solutions to whatever problems they may be facing.

I really noticed this with my kids when they started school. The teachers constantly emphasized emotions. I think to some extent it is good to be able to recognize and name emotions, but that was almost all they were taught. Since I noticed that I started teaching them not to be victims. To look at what is happening around them, identify the problems and come up with solutions. I've been teaching them logic, cause and effect, faith in God and to fear not. Ive also been reading a lot of classic stoic texts. I especially recommend Epictetus, he is insightful and hilarious.

This has bled throughout Western culture, and why you see 30 year olds acting like petulant, entitled, little brat 3 year olds. They have been infantilizing us for generations. Thank God there are still some of us who aren't 40 year old babies.