How do you handle your emotions?

[RobotNinja]

I've found that yoga is a very good way to relax and deal with emotions.

 

[SebZero]

I bottle them up.

 

[dalek sec]

Bottle them up or ignore them.

 

[Frankydee]

suppression, suppression, suppression.

It takes a great deal to keep myself mellow. Unfortunately because of this it's incredibly difficult to open up to people.

no worries though.

 

[rangerchandller]

Dont need any everyone says Im a monster since I take it out on th innocent populace.

 

[RavingPenguin]

Depending on the emotion. Usually I bottle it all up inside until it overflows and I then go do something impulsive and irrational.

Same, but usually I can save that overflow moment until someone I dont like does something I hate, and BAM! but-kickin time!

If its happiness though, I let it out. Nothing like dancing like an idiot when a bit of Happy Hardcore plays.

 

[A random person]

I generally get over them with a bit of time, or sometimes I may vent about them here (ever wonder why I hate health classes so much?). I may also talk with parents or some friends (I have a good friend who was kind to me when I was disgruntled thanks to health class).

Also, when an argument happens (like what I had with matzy, and yes, that was a bit of venting right there), I tend to keep arguing, have some uneasy feelings of self-doubt and anxiousness, and then come to some realization about the argument:

Spoiler: Warning: Big vent.

Like how he said if I was logical I would do the easier thing and just throw out the criminal like a broken cog; one problem there, bud: people aren't cogs, they have intrinsic value. They're why anything is worth anything. Also, I call bullshit on morality being a whole; there are different contradicting moral systems. Oh, and your three points on punishment were right, but by them that hacker doesn't really call for much action at all.

Yeah, like that. You know what, thanks guys, I feel better about myself and life.

Edit:

I repress them in most company and express them when I'm alone, whether through games, books, or internet things...including you people (thanks for helping me vent). Also, much as I'm annoyed by Livejournal's reputation for being a haven for angsty preteen girls and yaoi fans, I have to admit writing in it comes in handy when I want to gush over or get over something.

With a very few people in my life, I've been able to wear my heart on my sleeve. With one, I was even able to express love.

For the sake of making some optimism/happiness after that vent, not to mention him being my best friend here, I will now do something that is very uncharacteristic of me.
*hugs NeutralDrow*
And yes, as I just learned above with the big vent, writing can be surprisingly helpful. Writing that thing about how people=/=cogs did wonders.

 

[Major_Sam]

I bottled all mine up but small snippets of madness seep through.

 

[Eleuthera]

Mostly by hardly having any. The few that do pop up I try to ignore.

If I really do need to get over something listening to music or writing stuff down seem to help, a bit.

 

[Inco]

Restrain the Anger, use it when i play sports... Or prototype, saints row 2 or drums on a music game. It is actually increadibly satisfying to unleash it then.

Other than that, i aint really special when it comes to it.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

I repress them in most company and express them when I'm alone, whether through games, books, or internet things...including you people (thanks for helping me vent).

I ditto this. I'm pretty much the same, though I probably wouldn't use the word "repress." I'm just shy/quiet (pick your word). I can only really express myself to my close friends and I'm horrible at talking to new people. As for the specific emotion of anger, it's rarely ever a factor unless someone really pushes something against my wishes.

With a very few people in my life, I've been able to wear my heart on my sleeve. With one, I was even able to express love.

Kudos to you and I hope for your happiness. Heaven knows I'm horrible at that.....

Edit: you know, why does everyone here seem repressed? I'm just not good at expressing myself by virtue of being quiet, but a few people here seem unnecessarily stressed...

 

[Caimekaze]

I have no emotional problems. My default state is happy and my fouler moods pass in an hour or two.

Seriously, what is wrong with you people!?

I jest. It just makes me sad that so many people are so negative.

 

[LilGherkin]

Bottle it up, vent it in small bursts by talking it out with people I know.

 

[Golden Gryphon]

I get depressed for no reason about once a month so I usually get all my whining about things that have happened over and done with then or I end up crying over having nothing to watch on tv. Nothing in front of other people though.

 

[mooncalf]

Looking at my self I realize I have never really dealt with my emotions and just tend to put them in the back of my head. I'm just that type of person that will never be able to get to an emotional level with anyone. So my fellow Escapist, how do you handle your own emotions?

I keep them in a gilded cage and tease them with glimpses of all the fun things they're missing out on.

Best advice to return to a different normality? Stop interacting through a veil of cold silicon treating the majority of your experiences as slightly less than real.

You are what you eat applies to food for thought. But then you weren't asking for advice... 'Soz 4 Rant, /end now.'

 

[leviathanmisha]

I hide them, I bottle them up so well, not even an atomic bomb could set them off...only time they ever really show through is when I go to my dad's cemetery. Or when me and my bf fight, then he feels bad cause I start crying my eyes out. I can't help it that I have 17 years worth of emotions bottled up.

 

[Goldeneye103X2]

I usually get very stressed, so i try to play videogames, but that could usually end up getting me even more frustrated, so in the end I just wait for it to go away.