Out on Your Sleeve

Warbsywoo

Warbsywoo

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Do you tend to wear your emotions on your sleeve?

I never do in real life. It's a lot more comfortable for me to do it online mostly because people don't really know me personally. ;D
Unless it's truly like a really emotional moment where I'll actually just let go and say what's on my mind, otherwise, I tend to keep a pretty decent poker face.

I know many people who do. I think it's interesting to see them show their emotions so readily in the face of so many people. It's brave as well.
 
No. I'm the worst. :gasp: If something's upset with me, it's all over my face. Actually, I just have a face that looks like I'm always about to cry apparently. Anytime I go into work, my boss is like 'You look like you were crying'..

It's especially worse if someone says 'it's okay' then it's like... baaaaawwwww.. emotions run free. :gonk:
 
I don't like showing emotion at all. The most you'll likely get from me is a thin smile and fake rage. I don't really display anger, sadness or fear in particular, because I feel weak for showing emotion. :lew: It's the fun part of being raised in a "boys have to be strong" environment. But I can't imagine changing. I'm happy where I am.
 
I normally just keep everything in, and solve things myself.
Unless it's something really bad, I might tell my best friend or my mom or some one like that.
People who I don't know say I always look emotionless, yet people who I do know say I'm way to expressive. It's a bad habit though, since I can't solve EVERYTHING by myself. XD
 
I'm not a very emotional person.

I feel weak for showing any sort of emotions that involve me being sad etc.

I really don't like other people taking pity on me so I hide those sort of emotions away.

It probably has to do with the fact that my parents were very unemotional beings and therefore that rubbed off onto me and made me feel like it was a bad thing if people see you upset etc.
 
No.

A lot of people call me emotionless, hardass, a bitch and other nice names because of it, but it's just a defense mechanism. I'm not the kind of person to show my emotion just because I'm feeling it. That is, unless it is out of sympathy or empathy where I believe it is necessary.
 
I try not to. I usually always try to portrait a positive or upbeat feeling because other people pick up on those feeling so possibly someone who's feeling down might be lifted up by cheerful people. Plus it makes me feel better when I'm down, but I try acting positive.

Sometimes though I can't help it and I'll have a day where everyone can tell what I'm feeling. Whether it be angry or sad because we're all human and we can't always hide it.
 
Nah i defaintely dont.
Im not so comfortable with sharing my feelings though that really only applies when im feeling down about something. If im angry, people certainly know.

Its not that im some lone dog who thinks he cant burden others with his problems but most times the simple fact is. Im down over something that i cant change and is completely out of my hands, talking to someone else wont make it better and doesnt change the situation at all. Because of that i dont feel the need, or see the point in confiding in others. Everyone is differnt emotionally and ive coped with many things on my own and its been working for me so far.

Also just to make clear of course theres been times when i have confided in others about these things but its very rare indeed for me to do so. If you are one of the people ive ever confided in then you should know that i think very highly of you before spilling my guts.
Also that wasnt me adressing the forum, just saying that its not often i confide in others and i wouldnt tell just anyone my issues, the person has to be important to me before i would ever do that.

Oh and it rarely shows if im down. Being sad is bad enough without looking miserable aswell.
 
I suppose I do but it depends on who I'm with. Certain things that I don't want to go into have made me very upset in life and when I'm at home, my family can instantly tell that I'm upset and it does show. Whenever I went to school though, I was able to cover it up quite well and act as though everything was normal. I don' think I could do it for very long though.

In a way, I have to show my emotions because it would bottle up and most likely turn into anger. I know a lot of people who hide it away in fear of looking weak and trying to act tough, but you can easily see it eats away at them and it's unhealthy IMO.
 
I tend to hide my emotions from nearly everyone. Only my closest friends can get them out of me. :hmmm: Even my family doesn't know what's ever bothering me, because I just don't tell them. I've never been really that close with them, anyway. Yeah, only my friends can just look at me and tell, "oh, hell, something's wrong." I've always been a mainly solitary person, and I just tend to keep things held up inside until I just can't take them anymore, and that usually results in either me: Kicking, screaming, punching things, and just general angry gestures, or just flat-out bawling my eyes out because things have gone so wrong for so long, I would just break down.

Kind of a sad way to go through life, but eh. :hmmm:
 
i think i tend to come across as quite a cold person. obviously it depends who im around - if im comfortable talking about how i feel to them then i will but usually there's not a lot of meat on that bone so i dont bother throwing it into the stew of conversation.
 
Nope. I'm good at hiding my emotions from people. On the outside I'm happy and smiling, but on the inside I'm kinda sad. It's just the way things go around here.

You don't know how badly I wish I had a microphone and a crowd in front of me. I would just go off on everything that is wrong with the world, I'd go off on all the family I hate.... Man, that would be awesome.

But until then, I'll keep everything bottled up inside until I explode in a rage of emotion. Then restart.
 
I don't bottle things inside and let them build up, but I also don't open up to just anybody. Idk its complicated and hard to explain. I can let my emotions out but its only around certain people. Honestly its only around 1 person, and thats my mom. I can't do it around my friends because I feel like guys don't wanna hear it. And I'm certainly not going to cry around my friends. Again, because they're all guys. I can't cry around dudes. My body just won't let me. Which is fine and I'm glad it doesn't.
The only other person I can ever see myself opening up with like that would be when I find that significant other. Because I mean, if you can't confide in your partner then why be a couple?
 
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