How do you handle your emotions?
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I fear for my fellow Escapists (the name is starting to seem really ironic right now). Are you really all so repressed and bottled up?
I think it's natural to express them. I try not to very much, that usually just ends up being idiotic.
I'm not sure repressed is the right word really (for me anyway). I'm just a very private person and it's noones busines how I feel. I'll tell my friends what I'm thinking on a subject but it's very (very) rare that I tell them what or how I feel.Et3rnalLegend64 said:
On the other hand I get really unconfortable when people want to share their emotions, it works both ways.
I'm extremely passive-aggressive. But mostly I'll just project my inadequacies onto other people and pursue making them miserable.
It's like self-loathing target practice, only it tends to ruin other peoples' lives.
It's like self-loathing target practice, only it tends to ruin other peoples' lives.
by punching things.
after punching several holes in my walls, nobody thinks to get me a fucking punching bag for my birthday? Hayzoos Christ, get the message people!
after punching several holes in my walls, nobody thinks to get me a fucking punching bag for my birthday? Hayzoos Christ, get the message people!
I have bipolar disorder.
This means that sometimes I'm batshit bonkers, while other times I'm more emo than Spiderman in the black suit. Episodes of either can last from about half an hour to years. And sometimes I see/hear things that aren't there, and I have a slightly demented thinking process.
How do I handle it? Music, man. And lots of it. Also, can't forget the violent video games. Really helps me when I'm pissed off.
This means that sometimes I'm batshit bonkers, while other times I'm more emo than Spiderman in the black suit. Episodes of either can last from about half an hour to years. And sometimes I see/hear things that aren't there, and I have a slightly demented thinking process.
How do I handle it? Music, man. And lots of it. Also, can't forget the violent video games. Really helps me when I'm pissed off.
I hide all my emotions away, most of the time. I release them in short and usually violent bursts. Most of my pent up emotions are angry, very angry.
I talk to people I trust. Does that make me weak in some way? Whatever. It works for me. There's only one exception to this: when I meet somebody I truly hate. (Quite rare.) Then I beat up an assortment of enemies on various video games. It works wonders.
How does talking to people make you weak? Is there some sort of mass perception here that it's bad to show how you feel?Marble Dragon said:
I'm not sure I got the thing about people and cogs, but this is good to hear.A random person said:
*awkwardly hugs back*
Sorry, I'm nearly as bad at that online as in real life. ^^; Still, considering the Nanoha avatar, it looks like I'm past the DefeatEqualsFriendship stage, eh?
And yes, I've found writing helps. Er...depending on who reads it. It was kind of off-putting to write something about <url=http://mysterious-hsan.livejournal.com/?skip=20#mysterious_hsan51641>regretting or not regretting not traveling more in Japan, only to talk to one's parents next time and hear "Son, I don't mean to pry, but this sounds like clinical depression..."
Oh dear. I thank you, but...I kinda meant that in past tense. Still, I am hopeful after that relationship, and know more what to look for.Et3rnalLegend64 said:
Come to think of it, why on earth did I phrase it like that? I don't think I even talk that way at my most melodramatic on Livejou-- *remembers the really bad love poem in a locked and forgotten entry*
Okay, so I've written like that once.
Eh, not sure about anyone else, but in my case, I'm pretty quiet and introverted myself. I've just been in enough situations by now to where I figured out, in my case, that I'm actually not a "quiet" person; given half a chance and a decent subject, I'll talk for an hour. I've just figured subconsciously that it's easier to avoid conversation than risk embarrassment...which makes most workdays emotionally exhausting.
well wow.. this all seams to be getting very emotional and heartfelt... almost makes me feel bad to post that I deal with my emotions just fine. I believe that you cant control you're emotions, and to try it futile, so instead I try to manage my reaction to whatever I feel, and then deal with it in a rational or constructive way. Works quite well for me.
I don't need to. I'm emotionally dead inside. I play at emotions around people but when I'm on my own I'll watch TV or play a game or just not give a damn about anything, some people say it's a bad thing, how I am, yet I couldn't think of anything better....