Best emotional mastery article I've found (though I did not put in any effort into find it, I just randomly ran into it 2 days ago, so there might be a better one out there)
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Can Emotions Be Controlled?
This isn’t the place or time to debate the issue of free-will versus determinism, but the simple answer to the question is yes, emotions can be controlled. Just as you can change what you are thinking about you can change your emotional state. Unfortunately while minor shifts in thought are relatively easy, making a huge shift in emotional state can be incredibly difficult. Changing thoughts is like creating a ripple in the ocean and changing emotions is like shifting the current.
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From here:
Scott H Young » Introduction - Emotional Mastery (Series)