Harley was uncomfortable with these newfound emotions and how they affected him, so he developed a simple solution: “I will practice the theory of effect of emotion I used to have—no matter how much I feel anything internally never show it externally. That only applies to the unpleasant feelings. Pleasures continue as formerly.”44 He carried through with this plan, which had unfavorable results: keeping feelings bottled up, except while alone with Bee, created internal stress that affected his health over the next thirty years.