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I Keep My Emotions Bottled Up

I find emotions are hard to deal with even more at this time of year :(
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MarkPaul · 26-30, M
I'm basically the same although I have been trying to change. The problem, of course, is I don't know how to really deal with emotions (because I never learned and have not practiced like most people), so I express these emotions which are then either taken the wrong way or ignored.

Instead of feeling like a pathetic loser though, I need to just move on and ahead. There is nothing to gain, it seems, to over-analyze why people react the way they do or whether or not I should have expressed what I am feeling. In the longer term, it's better than keeping everything so bottled up. But, it does make me feel very vulnerable most of the time. And, that influences my mood.