emotion chip

I can relate to Data on Star Trek when he gets his emotion chip. Prior to the placement of the chip Data is all logic and unable to understand or feel human emotions. When he gets the chip he starts off feeling the simple emotions like happiness or kindness. He is able to operate on both logic and emotion at the same time. But when he starts to feel strong emotions like anger and fear he loses all sense of logic and solely acts solely on emotion. This puts the crew of Star Trek in danger until they finally were able to remove the chip. Data had to have the chip remodified so he could turn it off and on as needed, while learning to balance the emotional urges and logical thoughts.

Sounds like practicing Wisemind.

Wisemind is balancing facts and emotions by finding the middle ground.
It is a normal human function to operate mostly from Wisemind thinking. However, people with Borderline Personality Disorder, that part of them is unbalanced. I'm not talking about a chemical unbalance often related to Manic Depression or Bipolar Disorder. That's a topic for another day.
Wisemind simply is taking the facts of a situation or thought and allowing one's self to feel the emotions at the same time. It isn't easy to do if you have Borderline, but it is doable. It has to be something that a person practices many times a day. Honestly, I struggle with practicing Wisemind. Most of the time I either forget to practice it, or I'm too far over on one side or the other that it takes me a long time to get balanced. But it is worth it. Anything that makes living with Borderline easier is worth it as long as it isn't harmful to one's self.