Not quite so, Pat. It's your own business how and when you deal with emotional pain. The way you take it, and the way you allow it to display, depends on your own attitude only. You can forbid yourself being obsessed with it, you can control it and distract your mind from it. (Yes you can, if you really want it, I know what I'm speaking about.)
But on practical level, it doesn't make troubles swallowing, going to work, etc. Throat is another thing - you can't postpone dealing with it. It just aches and you cannot ignore it simply because you are too busy. If you stop thinking of it, it will not stop aching.