How emotional are you?

[Amaranthus]

I'm pretty emotional myself. I cried 2 times during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and when Donna lost her memory in Doctor Who I cried whenever I thought about it.
What about you guys?

[Cure]

I'm pretty in control of my emotions.

[Powder]

I weave between eerily cold & frustratingly impassioned.

[IndigoErth]

Never one for hysterics or large displays of emotion (be it good or bad), I'm pretty restrained, but also pretty soft hearted.

Prob 25% hits the surface while 75% stays locked inside.

[Mayhem]

Externally? Like a corpse usually. Internally? I almost cried at a memorial service last week for a mate's five month old son, but that's the closest I've come in a long time to letting it out.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I cry watching Disney movies, or when reading particularly emotional comics. Nuff said.


(Actually, I've been known to shed a tear or two even listening to certain songs, like Memory or The Parting Glass.)


Okay, I feel like the big softy of the group now, but hey, I've never had a problem showing how I feel. Unless I'm dealing with the general public in a bad situation- in which case, I usually just grit my teeth, plaster on a fake smile (or as close to it as I can get under the circumstances) and try to sound pleasant and friendly- until I'm away from hearing anyway.....

[Leo656]

I've been described as "passionate".

[CyberCubed]

I can't remember crying for any TV show or movie, at least none that I can remember. I did get a bit teary eyed during Metal Gear Solid 4 though, so I guess that says a lot.

[snake]

Not emotional at all. However I can't control laughing at inapropriate times.

[Prowler]

Not much. I mean, I'm not completely devoid of it, obviously. But I'm not very good at expressing my emotions and feel uncomfortable near people displaying extremes of emotion, such as anger and sadness. I get anxious if I hear angry people arguing loud nearby, and I just get really uncomfortable if I see someone suddenly crying. Don't even know how to react.

I haven't cried from watching/reading/playing any piece of fiction ever, because at the end of the day it's just fiction so I don't see the pint in getting all worked up over it. And despite being a big football/soccer fan, it's never brought me to tears either. Now I'm not trying to act all macho and saying that I haven't cried in years or anything. What I'm saying is that it's just unusual for me to display extremes of emotion. I'll laugh and I'll be sad or upset, but rarely do I go overboard with it. I'm pretty rational in that regard, I'd say. Some say it's unhealthy to keep your feelings bottled, though, but oh well. Everything's gonna kill you eventually. It's not like it's equivalent to doing drugs, so whatever.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I should elaborate on my earlier post. Lest everyone think me a sap, I guess I'm just have very strong emotions, and a great deal of empathy with others most of the time. So much so that even fictional characters and situations can make me angry, sad, or happy for the people in them. Like for instance, I watch Criminal Minds a lot, because it's on one of the few stations that comes in consistently where we live, (Even with a booster, our reception is pretty spotty on most stations.) and when I see stories on the show dealing with someone harming young children, or certain other situations, it makes me so angry or upset that I want to beat the person responsible to a pulp. Logically and rationally, I KNOW it's fictional and not real, but my own sense of justice and outrage over the situation often overrides that side. Especially if it involves situations that hit close to home.

It's the same with character death or other serious issues and relationships. I am the same way with RL, but it just seems to happen more often with characters that I've come to "love" or care about especially long-running ones or personal favorites. There are certain books that make me cry every time, and it's no different to me than if it was a close friend. I guess I just put a lot of myself out there in terms of feelings, and can easily identify with and empathize with others.

As an aside, this happens sometimes even with my own stories, where I've been known to get teary when writing a particularly emotional scene. My hubby thinks it's cute....

[shuriken]

I'm as emotional as I need to be. I guess. Some people say I'm really cold or chill, others say I'm too intense sometimes so I dunno.

[AT-Man]

When it comes to failing in frisbeegolf, I've been known to say a naughty word or two and thrown some sticks and rocks.

[ProactiveMan]

I was a young man ruled by his emotions, and I had to work at that. May have gone too far though, because now I'm an automaton. It takes a lot to make me cry; not to say it never happens, but it can be years at a time. I haven't cried at a funeral in a hell of a long time (although I lost it when my Axolotl died - I don't know what that says about me. I guess it's because he was my responsibility).

I do swear a lot in the car though.

[LS Animation]

Well, I'm very moody. My day can go from awesome to really depressing fast. I am a rather cold person to people, but overall I tend to hide under a shell because I am way too sensitive and emotional. It's tough to be me.

[Katie]

I try and keep my emotions in check. It doesn't do me any good in my work life to be anything but externally stoic and confidant.

The only time it escapes is when I get frustrated. When I'm trying to explain something and it just isn't connecting.....when someone says something about my life is wrong....when I see people who have potential greatness in them give up and blame everything for their situation to justify having given up.

That's when you'll see my emotion.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

I'm pretty emotional myself. I cried 2 times during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and when Donna lost her memory in Doctor Who I cried whenever I thought about it.
What about you guys?

I cried watching Goblet of Fire at the scene where Harry returns with Cedric dead, and everyone else is emotional. Oddly enough, I only cried the SECOND time I watched.

I've never cried when a friend or a family member died or anything, although I've cried when I missed a few friends. I visited a friend in Colorado once, and I cried about having to leave. I also cried when I thought I wouldn't be able to contact that person anymore.

There was a training program that I took part in, and I really liked the instructor I had. When it was all over, I knew I'd miss her, but it didn't really hit me until days later, and I cried for ten consecutive days, and after that it was every other day for a while. So her, and the aforementioned friend are the only people I've cried about, and they're not even dead.

[BubblyShell22]

I definitely get emotional at times whether it's at a sad scene in a show or if I'm really frustrated over something. I don't hide my emotions at all.

[DarkLightDragon]

I'm not very emotional either. I don't cry all that much, and even if I do, I get over it quickly.

I would say I do get easily annoyed or irritated by people or just the littlest things, but would refrain from getting hostile about it and just take deep breaths.

[Netkeeper]

I'd say I'm pretty emotional, depends on the emotion and... a lot of other factors honestly.

I try not to let my anger rule me. It's been this monster I've had to fight my whole life. Sadness has also always come easily, but that one I haven't fought as hard. It's honestly not hard to make me cry. People on this forum have done it.

But above everything else I'm pretty much laughing at everything.