I'm an emotional dude - Page 2

footfootfoot · 10-24-2012, 06:47 PM

With friends like that, who needs anomies?

infinite monkey · 10-24-2012, 06:59 PM

Sea anomies, that's who!

footfootfoot · 10-24-2012, 08:38 PM

Sea one anomie, you've seen 'em all.

infinite monkey · 10-24-2012, 09:31 PM

lmao

Gravdigr · 11-04-2012, 05:22 PM

I'm a fairly emotional guy. I cry at the end of Dances With Wolves every time. I've been watching "The Walking Dead" on Netflix, and I find myself tearing up almost every time Rick has a father/son moment with his son Carl.

It happens more, the older I get, I've noticed.

Trilby · 11-10-2012, 03:46 PM

I rarely cry. I think it's the meds. They numb me up so much-but it's better to feel nothing than to feel like you want to put an axe in your head.

Sometimes I think I am more cyborg than human. I can watch all the Feed the Children commercials you can throw at me but show me ONE abused animal and I'm changing the channel, ya know? Isn't that weird?

I find most people dull; but, again, maybe that's the meds. I've been on them forever but every time I try to go off them - I'm off a cliff. Better to stay numb than in pain. I know a lot of pop songs don't agree with that but I've lived with that pain and I say no thank you.

eta: I know a couple women that are okay but they speak entirely in cliches! AND they think they're being funny/original! I can't fake laughter very well and they've sort of disengaged themselves from me, which is fine (they are AA buds, nothing more) but one of them is really really smart, she's just----i guess suppressing so much rage that she can only communicate in pat conversations.. The one time she got real with me she was crying. She says I'm fake but I think that's projection on her part. she has to appear to be IN CONTROL (like Dexter) of EVERYTHING all the time. She once told me she wasn't 'warm and fuzzy' so not to expect that. Okay, that's fine. but I, for all my numbness and problems with personal relationships LIKE warm and fuzzy, NEED warm and fuzzy and from here on out, by god, will seek the warm and fuzzy people of this mighty land.

sorry. got carried away there.

Clodfobble · 11-10-2012, 03:54 PM

You ever feel like you want to cry, but just can't muster it?

I think I need a hobby.

footfootfoot · 11-10-2012, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

You ever feel like you want to cry, but just can't muster it?

I think I need a hobby.

Yes. And I've also felt that I should cry and couldn't get that together either.

Griff · 11-10-2012, 06:30 PM

I've been there.

BigV · 11-11-2012, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

I've been there.

you've written about it too

Sheldonrs · 11-12-2012, 11:04 AM

I cry for some movies, books, songs, etc.
But not when it involves me in real life.
I didn't cry when my Mom died or when other family or friends died or suffered losses, etc.. I didn't cry during my past break-ups.
I think I'm actually dead inside to real life.

Flint · 11-12-2012, 11:22 AM

Movies, music, they get around our defenses, whereas we can't let ourselves lose control of sustained circumstances of our real life, with fictional drama we can let our endocrine systems, etc. release all that suppressed emotion.

Trilby · 11-13-2012, 06:46 AM

we don't cry/freak because of cognitive dissonance. If we really THOUGHT about all the stuff coming our way-we couldn't function. One guy (some PhD or such) felt that schizophrenics were the only people really experiencing the terror that is life on this planet.

10-24-2012, 06:47 PM	#16
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	With friends like that, who needs anomies? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-24-2012, 08:38 PM	#18
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Sea one anomie, you've seen 'em all. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-04-2012, 05:22 PM	#20
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I'm a fairly emotional guy. I cry at the end of Dances With Wolves every time. I've been watching "The Walking Dead" on Netflix, and I find myself tearing up almost every time Rick has a father/son moment with his son Carl. It happens more, the older I get, I've noticed. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-10-2012, 03:46 PM	#21
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I rarely cry. I think it's the meds. They numb me up so much-but it's better to feel nothing than to feel like you want to put an axe in your head. Sometimes I think I am more cyborg than human. I can watch all the Feed the Children commercials you can throw at me but show me ONE abused animal and I'm changing the channel, ya know? Isn't that weird? I find most people dull; but, again, maybe that's the meds. I've been on them forever but every time I try to go off them - I'm off a cliff. Better to stay numb than in pain. I know a lot of pop songs don't agree with that but I've lived with that pain and I say no thank you. eta: I know a couple women that are okay but they speak entirely in cliches! AND they think they're being funny/original! I can't fake laughter very well and they've sort of disengaged themselves from me, which is fine (they are AA buds, nothing more) but one of them is really really smart, she's just----i guess suppressing so much rage that she can only communicate in pat conversations.. The one time she got real with me she was crying. She says I'm fake but I think that's projection on her part. she has to appear to be IN CONTROL (like Dexter) of EVERYTHING all the time. She once told me she wasn't 'warm and fuzzy' so not to expect that. Okay, that's fine. but I, for all my numbness and problems with personal relationships LIKE warm and fuzzy, NEED warm and fuzzy and from here on out, by god, will seek the warm and fuzzy people of this mighty land. sorry. got carried away there. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum Last edited by Trilby; 11-10-2012 at 03:51 PM.

11-10-2012, 03:54 PM	#22
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You ever feel like you want to cry, but just can't muster it? I think I need a hobby. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-24-2012, 06:59 PM	#17
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Sea anomies, that's who!

10-24-2012, 09:31 PM	#19
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	lmao

11-10-2012, 06:30 PM	#24
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I've been there. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-12-2012, 11:04 AM	#26
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	I cry for some movies, books, songs, etc. But not when it involves me in real life. I didn't cry when my Mom died or when other family or friends died or suffered losses, etc.. I didn't cry during my past break-ups. I think I'm actually dead inside to real life. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

11-12-2012, 11:22 AM	#27
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Movies, music, they get around our defenses, whereas we can't let ourselves lose control of sustained circumstances of our real life, with fictional drama we can let our endocrine systems, etc. release all that suppressed emotion. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-13-2012, 06:46 AM	#28
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	we don't cry/freak because of cognitive dissonance. If we really THOUGHT about all the stuff coming our way-we couldn't function. One guy (some PhD or such) felt that schizophrenics were the only people really experiencing the terror that is life on this planet. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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