Do you wear your heart on your shirt?

[Lightning Fluttershy 1,844]

The title is really a metaphor. I don't really mean to ask if you wear a heart on your shirt for the record.

 

What I mean by this is, do you express your feelings and emotions honestly or do you bottle them and keep them hidden? For example, say someone says something that you find offensive or insulting or it just plain pisses you off. Would you let them know it and fight back, or would you do nothing and keep your emotions kept inside?

 

Me, I generally try to keep my emotions kept inside. There are a number of things that piss me off or get me worked up, but I don't react. I keep my feelings bottled up and don't really do anything. I do have a few exceptions however. Somethings I am passionate enough about to speak up and contradict someone on. One of those being Fluttershy. Dear Celestia does it rub me the wrong way when people call her sexy... she's beautiful, not sexy.

 

So what about all of you? Are you like me, who tends to keep things inside, or do you make yourself heard?

[Leafeon 2,702]

I'm decently good at masking my emotions. I do like arguing with people though, like if someone has a point a partially disagree with, I'll start a debate. That's about it though.

[Rainbow Dash 1,472]

I keep my manly feelings inside. then when no one expects it....FUS RO DAH! The slighted thing will send me over to the point of no return. and thats just for anger. my other emotions i havent had that happen. Although come to think of it when i am happy and bottle it up ate at night i will burst into giddy schoolgirl laughter and bounce around like my name was Pinkie Pie.

[Wubsie 1,123]

I hide my emotions so good it's not even funny. I can be scared or depressed as hell and it would look like I'm sunshine lollipops and rainbows.

Edited January 11, 2013 by ~Wubs~

[Harmonic Revelations 8,835]

I keep my emotions hidden. If I operate in such a way where no one knows how I'm feeling, I have no weaknesses physcologically. I don't follow this online, only in person.

[FabMarmalade 7]

Well I have a threshold that once it's surpassed I'll let what I feel known but anything under that usually isn't serious enough to warrant a response. To be honest I'd rather be more emotional but it all depends on the people I'm with really

[SOHCAHTOA 51]

I used to be very bottled up. I was shy and had no friends. Eventually, I just told myself "screw this. Reputation is for those who have friends" and just started splurting whatever came out of my mind. So I've basically became my class freakshow, just doing random things for shits 'n' giggles. Nowadays I do have a few friends, but I still just say whatever comes to mind because people are used to me being weird, and just don't take me seriously if I say or do something I normally wouldn't say. No one took me seriously when I said MLP was a good show D:

 

I'm also a short fuse, so I have a hard time NOT answering to something I dislike, and this bad temper of mine has already made me say many things I regret.

[Betez 1,734]

A mix of both, I think. I try not to be overly emotional, but I try not to keep my emotions bottled up inside me. I get emotional at emotional times, and try not to over-react when it's unnecessary.

[~Asuka <3~ 867]

If I don't like something, somebody's going to find out.  I don't care who, but I'm going to complain.   It's one of the traits that I really don't like about myself.  Self-control could, and would, help me in these situations.   However, I lack it, and thus, I can come off as a total bitch sometimes.  

[Nixter 180]

I'm always angry and ranting at everyone saying how shit their life is when they say something I don't like, which happens like everyday, I'm getting good at it, too, because people are starting to avoid me now! Yay!

[N.W. 3,619]

Really all depends on what emotions and what they pertain too.

I think I am well-rounded when it comes to hiding  some emotions and displaying others.

[Champion RD92 8,658]

In real life, I usually keep my emotions bottled up, unless I'm talking to my friends.

 

On MLP Forums, I tend to open up more because it's easier for me to express myself on the internet I guess.

[Yourmomsponies 444]

Its a meh for me. I try to be as honest about things like that, But then again I am a pretty Neutral person. So yea I'm always laid back and chillin, almost no matter what. It takes something big to get a reaction out of me.   

[Twilight Circuits 603]

I used to keep it all to myself and on the inside. I've spent 6 years putting my soul back together and finally my emotions are genuine and not false positives or negatives and reaction based as such. Keeping your emotions inside isn't actually mentally healthy. You can still express what you need in a way that doesn't harm people as long as it is genuine how YOU feel, and not what you've been programmed to feel and react. 

[Lost 1,410]

I wear my heart on my shirt, although i have a tendency to loose my shirt.

 

 

 

 

In other words, it varies from case to case and i am more likely to react in frustration and anger than in sadness.

[Jack Durango 119]

It's "Wear your heart on your sleeve", HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE GODDAMMIT!

 

But, uh, well, somewhat. Everybody did as a child. I stopped when I got into middle school for seventh grade, and really opened up for eighth grade. Been at somewhat of an in-between ever since. Due to my addention teficit disorder, I take medication that, in addition to helping me focus, kind of lowers my ardor and excitability level (and my appetite a bit). Granted it's not as bad as the medication I took when I was younger; what I took then made me an absolute zombie, and depressed as all get out. At least what I'm on now allows me to express my emotions and actually maintain a healthy social demeanor.

 

I tend to do a lot of thinking on days where I don't feel talkative or am in a bad mood. When I have a particularly heavy concept on my mind, I throw it out kind of randomly when all my friends are gathered at break in the morning. Except this is the 21st century, and topics such as politics, religion, or physics just don't seem interesting to teenagers when what they're interested in can be easily brought up on a smart phone.

 

I tend to reveal a lot about my current emotional status, sometimes more than I mean to, when I'm feeling happy, boisterous, or obnoxious. Even though I consider it best to keep some secrets and emotions hidden, I find that one's private thoughts are exactly what the world is after. So, I find myself trying to keep myself guarded, and giving my honest feelings in schoolwork.

 

Of course, this entire post breaks my rule of "Keep your inner thoughts hidden." So why am I posting this?

[Mutemutt 773]

I tend to bottle up my emotions. I have no problem expressing happiness or any positive emotions like that though they might come off as sort of subdued. As for depression and anxiety etc. I keep those locked away even though I know I shouldn't. It's funny how I can convince myself to tell someone what's been bothering me only to clam up right after saying "hey...". I just can't stand the feeling I get when I make my love ones worry, so everything is always "okay". Eventually it all just boils over and it's paralyzing; I become horribly apathetic.

 

I'm slow to anger and tend to be more passive aggressive towards things/people who get on my nerves. 

[SrFrog 927]

My feelings is just one of those things that I rather keep to myself, but that's my culture in general. During childhood it's one of those things they indoctrinate us into thinking, that sharing your feelings is only a woman's thing.

 

I know it's not like that, but since I don't have many emotions or feelings to share, I'd just rather keep things as they have always been.

[Jymm 49]

I used to be all over the place when it comes to my emotions, to the point where a psychiatrist told me that I had the classic signs of borderline personality disorder. If I felt a certain way, it would be obvious to everyone. But given my depression, I was more likely to be upset and stressed rather than bouncing around with joy.

These days though I've had to force myself to learn to keep my emotions in check. Due to my fibromyalgia and the fact that no medication helps me with the severe pain that comes with it, the only form of pain control I have is to avoid stress as much as possible and try and control my emotions. The better I can do that, the more pain I can block out. These days in person I don't really open up at all about how I feel, but being online helps me to open up a lot more. 

[Just some guy 1,070]

I'm open about surface feelings,but I bottle up about...more sensitive emotions and memories.I'm generally not that open about stuff,despite what some of my friends think.The less I remember certain things,the less depressed/suicidal/apathetic I get.

[Dr. Vojislav Seselj 691]

I can hide my feelings, except when I'm 100% fucked because I fucked up something.

 

Now, I have a pretty fucked up past for my age (don't ask me about it).

 

I was depressed a few years back, and then ponies pulled me out of the ditch.

[PonyEcho 1,610]

the thing about wearing your heart on you're shirt is that its going to to get messy and you'll need to clean it, and that's a delicate process because you risk the heart shrinking and wearing away.

 

no tho i use to just keep it in a fancy cage with a flat screen tv for its entertainment, but i'm a lucky pony and now i have someone i trust to hold on to it and take care of it

[Creamy Arty 6,252]

While people often have no idea what I'm thinking, how I feel, or my opinions on something, it's not for me hiding it. I'm a very mellow, very subdued guy. One wouldn't notice the movement of the moon by watching it for a few seconds, but it's happening. Likewise I show my feelings in my own way and in my own time; most people just aren't attuned to how I do it.

 

Also, don't mistake lack of expression for lack of passion. For as emotional as I may feel about something, I do my best to take a rational approach to it. That often gives people the impression that I'm apathetic towards something when I really feel very strongly about it, and makes it more difficult for me to be taken seriously at times by people who like to get loud and bicker. People's own emotions can blind themselves to those of others.

Edited January 13, 2013 by Artemis

[XUNUSEDXXX 3,459]

I do both, completely depending on the situation. Dealing with kids, I mask it up. Dealing with people that are really nice, I mask it up sometimes, but if needed I'll say it. People that piss me off I'll chuck that mask at them and speak my mind.

[Zygen 6,066]

I really shouldn't, and I really would love to stop it, but I keep my emotions bottled up pretty good most of the time.

 

It really doesn't lead to much good, sure it saves me from having to retaliate at others, and I don't have to worry about explaining my feelings to others all the time, but it also has caused me to blow my fuse quiet a few times.

 

There has even been times where it'll just be something small that I'll get really annoyed about, I always regret it to, but sometimes I just can't take it anymore and some of it breaks out.

 

Part of it is because I don't trust easy enough to discuss my emotions or even express them openly I guess. I'm kinda shy to, so that plays into it somewhat.