Do your emotions rule you more than you rule your emotions?

No. My husband’s emotions rule him, but mine don’t.

I get panic attacks at night. Other than that I give a ho hum to disappointment. I freak out if I need my keys and can’t find them.

@Dutchess_III No. My husband’s emotions rule him, but mine don’t.
Really, not at all? If you were at the big box buying whatever, and your attention is drawn behind you because you her a mother yell at her son, ”Don’t you ever do that again!”, with a slap to the son, not hard enough to knock him into the week after next, but way more than a ”love tap”. You would not have an instant distain for the mother, or immediately side with the son without even knowing what just happened outside your witness?

@Dutchess_III Same here, only not nearly as bad as it used to be. Many years ago we both were drama queens of the worst type. I’ve changed a lot in the years since. Since then many times I’ve been told I was the most “emotionally level person” they’ve ever met. Not sure what that means. Maybe those people never saw me when I was really mad. LOL

Sometimes I do, sometimes it does. It’s a constant battle.

Unfortunately, I can’t deny it. I try not to be hysterical with people, though.

Nope, for a woman I am very emotionally grounded. I can have my bad days/moments like anyone, but I am not an overly emotive female, no hysterics for me. I’m a rational thinking type and while I can feel and accept my emotions they don’t run roughshod over me. I had a friend recently get all upset because some friends went wine tasting without her. She was convinced it was a slight, made up this huge emotional story about feeling left out…JESUS….they just went wine tasting and didn’t invite you…get over it already! haha

I am really good at observing the emotional theatrics in others, I hate emotional tangents. Gah!

No

I like to think not, but probably.

I didn’t say I don’t have emoitons, @ucme. But in general, my emotions don’t rule my actions. If I saw someone slap their kid, of course I would react internally. Doesn’t mean I’d act on it, unless it was really bad.

My husband, on the other hand, for example, tends to make expensive purchases because he “wants” whatever, and doesn’t factor in the fact that we can’t afford whatever. I’m much better about walking away from things I really want, but can’t afford.

What the fuck did I say? :D

@Dutchess_III My husband, on the other hand, for example, tends to make expensive purchases because he “wants” whatever, and doesn’t factor in the fact that we can’t afford whatever.
You know emotions span further and wider than the swipe of a credit card. ;-)

I was just using that as an example. He is governed by his emotions in many other ways. It’s not always good.