Being ‘Emotional’ Isn’t A Weakness
It’s not a superpower to pretend you don’t have feelings.
‘You’re SO emotional!’
Has this ever been said to you?
Being labeled as ‘emotional’ gets such a bad rap in our society. Statements pointing out how emotional someone is often get thrown around recklessly and frequently with an edge of disapproval and a distinctly negative connotation.
The word emotional describes relating to a person’s emotions and/or a person who has feelings that are easily excited or openly displayed.
I have listened to people characterize someone who they consider to be too emotional as weak or vulnerable on multiple occasions. Wearing your heart on your sleeve or actually showing your emotions is often considered a fatal flaw and definitely something which will lose you a game of poker.
The innate ability to NOT show any emotion or to have that quintessential ‘poker face’ is revered as an admirable badge of strength in our society as oppsed to not being able to hide how you’re feeling at any given moment.
