This here thread is about emotions, and how you deal with them.
I am interested in other people's emotions, so I can figure out if I'm normal or not.
How do you deal with big issues, such as someones passing away, a car accident with people you know, and don't know how they are doing...Big stuff like that. Do you cry, do you get anxious and lose control? Or do you hold it all back? Or do you cry when no one else is looking?
And also about little things. Such as a fight with the spouse. Or even a sad movie. Your child/furbaby being sick.
I suppose I'm just wondering these things because my family thinks there is something wrong with me, because of how I deal with my emotions.
I don't cry about big things. I don't even act like it's a big deal. I just hold it all back knowing it's going to all be ok in a while. I don't grieve or mourn. If I do, it's alone. No one would see, and that doesnt happen often anyway.
That all started when my father committed suicide when I was 16. I sat in my room for a day trying to figure out how I was going to deal with this. As everyone was waiting on me to bust out in tears. It's not that him and I were not close, we were. I just couldnt imagine it was true. So, I went to work like I was scheduled, and went to the county fair after work. Everyone was trying to talk to me about it, but I ignored it. That was the beginning of my family thinking I was not dealing with it right. I didnt even cry at the "funeral". I don't go to funerals anymore either. I just stood there, and watched everything else go on. My family thinks one day I'm just gonna bust out and start crying about it. I'm not. I'm over it. But that is a long story, and I kind of resent him for doing that. I think I might be sad about it on my wedding day, but I'm sure not going to let it get to me then either.
Whenever something big has happened scince then, I do the same. I basically wait for everything to be ok as fast as possible. I don't let the big things get to me. I remain "strong" (if you will).
As for little things, I cry at movies, I cry at the petstore, I even cry at that "womens health center" commercial where they sing that "Reeeason, reeeason, Iiii've got a reeeason, I've got a reasssoon to liiiiive" (you know which one?).
I do not however cry during or after fights with the spouse. If I do, it's in the shower.
I am a very happy person, and I think I am absolutly normal, and kind of flaky, but what do ya'll think?
How do you all deal with your emotions?
I am interested in other people's emotions, so I can figure out if I'm normal or not.
How do you deal with big issues, such as someones passing away, a car accident with people you know, and don't know how they are doing...Big stuff like that. Do you cry, do you get anxious and lose control? Or do you hold it all back? Or do you cry when no one else is looking?
And also about little things. Such as a fight with the spouse. Or even a sad movie. Your child/furbaby being sick.
I suppose I'm just wondering these things because my family thinks there is something wrong with me, because of how I deal with my emotions.
I don't cry about big things. I don't even act like it's a big deal. I just hold it all back knowing it's going to all be ok in a while. I don't grieve or mourn. If I do, it's alone. No one would see, and that doesnt happen often anyway.
That all started when my father committed suicide when I was 16. I sat in my room for a day trying to figure out how I was going to deal with this. As everyone was waiting on me to bust out in tears. It's not that him and I were not close, we were. I just couldnt imagine it was true. So, I went to work like I was scheduled, and went to the county fair after work. Everyone was trying to talk to me about it, but I ignored it. That was the beginning of my family thinking I was not dealing with it right. I didnt even cry at the "funeral". I don't go to funerals anymore either. I just stood there, and watched everything else go on. My family thinks one day I'm just gonna bust out and start crying about it. I'm not. I'm over it. But that is a long story, and I kind of resent him for doing that. I think I might be sad about it on my wedding day, but I'm sure not going to let it get to me then either.
Whenever something big has happened scince then, I do the same. I basically wait for everything to be ok as fast as possible. I don't let the big things get to me. I remain "strong" (if you will).
As for little things, I cry at movies, I cry at the petstore, I even cry at that "womens health center" commercial where they sing that "Reeeason, reeeason, Iiii've got a reeeason, I've got a reasssoon to liiiiive" (you know which one?).
I do not however cry during or after fights with the spouse. If I do, it's in the shower.
I am a very happy person, and I think I am absolutly normal, and kind of flaky, but what do ya'll think?
How do you all deal with your emotions?