Which emotion(s) — joy, envy, rage, pity, or something else — do you find to be the hardest to contain?
I have zero to sixty in 3.2 emotions.
I laugh too loud, agree too much, smile until it hurts, fly off the handle over injustices/stupidity, and can shed tears at the snap of a finger.
Someone tells me their getting married, are pregnant, got promoted … I lose it. I’m that … gal.
Someone tells me they’ve got cancer, their mother/father passed away, got fired … I’m a simpering fool.
Someone writes a piece of crap and ends up on the NYT Best Seller list … all kinds of embarrassing envy in the form of a nuclear mushroom cloud.
Animals, babies, or I see poor people, the homeless, starved, whatever insights pity or woe … please. Tissue time!
Abuses, campus rampages, rape, murder, neglect … raving lunatic is me.
I’m a shoot first, ask questions later type of person thanks to my Papa, and I refuse to let things fester because of my Ma.
Rain's Writing Realm 
In other words, you follow your feelings to the letter 🙂 that’s alright too 🙂
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Well, feeling I don’t know – blind emotions more like it … it’s a bad way to be and a good way to be, but at my age, I should know better and be able to reign in most of these emotions, but I can’t and I don’t … depending on the situation or the severity of the circumstance. Thanks for stopping by!
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Emotions though tie to our most primal instincts, it’s not really something you can fully good back, I’m much the same way you are 🙂 and you’re very welcome, Thank you for stopping by my blog this morning 🙂
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I feel this! The smallest thing can set me off into laughing, crying or moodiness! 😀
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It’s crazy, isn’t it? 😀
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I used to be that person too… but I’m feeling MUCH better now. 😉 I kid. One of the side effects of mood stabilizers is that they do, in fact stabilize your moods. ALL of your moods. Don’t get me wrong… I have a full range of emotions the same as any person, but I’m not the raving loony that I used to be. ^_^
Sometimes I miss that person… Sometimes. ^_^
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What I wouldn’t give for the financial stability of medical treatment! A pill to quit being who I am (at the wrong places/times) sounds heavenly. I’d settle for a lobotomy, if I thought it would erase memories as well as balance mood 😉 As always, thanks for stopping by!
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heh, before I married the hubster, I relied on the kindness of the local community health clinic for my psych treatment (they don’t like crazy people walking the streets, you know). I got my meds from the pharmacy companies themselves, mostly for free because those puppies are EXPENSIVE! Like, $300 to $400 a month. No way I could afford that stuff on my own. ^_^
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Well, you’re lucky if being medicated helps. When I was a young teen I probably should have been medicated, I think. Now, though, with maturity finally making itself known to me 😉 I’m thousands calmer and more rational. Still, the emotions are easily triggered. Counting to ten helps!
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A great post! There’s almost a poetic rythm to your words, enjoyable to read beyond the subject matter. And thanks for liking my post 🙂
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Thank you so much! And, I usually read everyone else before posting my own – not to cheat, mind you, but sometimes for inspiration. Thanks for stopping by!
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