Dear Prof. Mahesh Kumar, Nice query. Emotional attachment can be to family, friends, materials, pet, and so on. It may be bad thing on its own but when allow to a point where it affects person's ability to function or hinders their judgement, it is dangerous. Getting rid of emotional attachment can never be total but it should be minimized to the very minimum level especially in professional settings. To handle emotional longings and attachment, we must follow work ethics, avoid too much familiarity at work place and be disciplined.
The attachment is completely like the love of nature created by God Almighty in man, there are many manifestations, such as the attachment of the young girl and vice versa, or a student attached to his teacher in school, or hanging friends with each other. The surrounding environment and the circumstances in which a person has an important role in his attachment to a person or anything else, whether human or animal or frozen, and there are many reasons that contribute to the attachment of the person to another person, the most important emotional drought of parents and the lack of a person to love and safety His home, he has to search for him outside the house or anywhere else, and there is also a relationship to the broadness of satellite channels and emotional songs that excite people's feelings. And attachment is a degree beyond the reasonable of love, and can be linked to the owner of the disease can not give up the person who is related to him under any circumstances, and if he reached a satisfactory level can not adapt and will not get used to the absence of the person who is attached to him, even if he lost for any reason It is likely to collapse psychologically, and collapse the forces of bearing.
Dr Stephen I. Ternyik, Dr Segun Michael Abegunde, Dr Hom Nath Chalise , Dr Nihad Mohammed , Dr Leonid V Vladimirov, and Dr Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin for your nice replies.
Dear Mahesh Kumar , Leonid V Vladimirov, Stephen I. Ternyik , dear colleagues,
This is a very nice question, indeed. I'd like to underline the expectations implied by the meaning of the verb "to handle". As one can infer from the orientations of the answers provided so far, it seems quite logical and comely, to master or explain "emotional longing" or "attachment". The generally accepted view being that otherwise they might get out of control.
My answer will probably seem puzzling, but here it is: "let go". One never knows what is beyond the curtail of logical reasoning, of the Cartesian mind, which orders Nature to be under control, or explainable by verbal discourse. Cultural anthropology has taught me that some cultures deal with them in very open ways. Instead of containing them, they support their overt, and at times, public expression. I think it's an interesting way of handling "pressure".
I mean, as long as emotions are not destructive, they can be very good indicators corporeal and spiritual needs. There is no fun in denying what is deeply rooted in oneself.
Personally, I'm so much attached to my family that I hardly conquer loneliness each time I'm away. To help myself, I listen to good music. That does a lot of help.
Emotional attachment isn't a bad thing at all. People get emotionally attached to family, pets, friends, etc. The problem arises when the emotional attachment is so strong that it interferes with a person's ability to function or have other normal relationships or hinders their judgement.To curb that, one must not be dependent on anyone or anything for that matter. Once we get habitual/ used to the special someone or something, we tend lose our sense of priority, which in turn, makes us sorta partial towards other people and things.
In order to understand this you need to understand why this happens and what to do.
When you start having feelings for someone that doesn't create any problem , the problem arises when you start expecting reciprocation of those feelings.
The only solution for this is unselfish, unconditional love for the person. Yes you heard it right , for some time love the person as much as you can without expecting anything in return. Put your ego aside and do everything you can.
Know when to stop. I asked you to put your ego aside , not your self respect. The moment you feel like your self respect is coming at stake stop everything immediately , don't make any chaos or unnecessary drama and LET THEM GO.
Channel all of that energy and concentration on something else , like some passion project of yours, or just on betterment of yourself. If you are a human , which I think you are this is going to be really hard because you'll definitely get distracted again and again. The key to this is getting your focus back at the work again everytime a distraction happens. But don't let that person enter your life again till you think they have realised your worth and are going to treat you the way you deserve to be treated, because your self respect is above all. ( Go 5,4,3,2,1 - back at your work without listening to your mind every time you get distracted)
The second step was very crucial because if you don't do that before vanishing from their lives, you'll have regrets later, you won't be able to concentrate on anything and toxicity of regrets will ruin everything that you'll try to enjoy. And also because unconditional love is the rarest and that person will definitely regret not treating you well or in other case they'll just be with you forever because they would be able to see that what they are getting is rare.
The third step is needed only if you feel like the treatment you are receiving in return is not up to the mark. This is something (STANDARDS) which varies from person to person. That's why no one can tell you when to stop better than that itching feeling that you get in your stomach when your self respect gets hurt.
The first thing is to become aware of our emotional longings and and attachments. I personally find that these play very significant role particularly in our decision making. Traditionally, both are seen as hindrance to rational decision making. However, if we really understand the source of our emotion, and where leads us to we can be enriched in making much more objective and reasonable decision.
In his classical book "Spiritual Exercises" Ignatius of Loyola a Christian mystic and spiritual leader speaks of inordinate attachment - meaning those things that hinder our way of life to progress towards goal. Indian tradition we call is 'Aashakti'.
Again the important things for a decision maker is to know whether 'attachment' is a hindrance or helpful. If hindrance then the best way to understand its origin and where it leads to - to the goal or away from goal.
How to handle is the question?
Ignatius of Loyola gives few rules - to handle the inner movements (emotions)-but in terms of highly spiritual terms - good spirit and bad spirit.
If you are interested you can read "Multi-criteria decision making based on Ignatian Discernment.