I Never Knew When To Say When

Can your mind really control what your heart wants to feel if your emotions are a product of your thinking? How can you tell your heart not to feel something? Is protecting your heart really worth losing the experience of giving yourself completely to someone, no matter the outcome? Maybe I'm more ready to crack my head open after diving in than most. Maybe I'm a fool. But I'm in love. & ironically enough "love is a pain I would rather feel than nothing at all". Being heartbroken is devastating, but being apathetic is scarier.