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Bottled Up

Emotions... It's funny how they get bottled up and build up inside of a soul.


  • A Failure to Cope

    Human hearts bottle up emotions for a number of diffrent reasons. Things can get out of hand quickly when matters of the heart are present. So we put our emotions on the backburner and ignore them completely...but as any logical person knows even if we keep a lid on our emotions it's only a matter of time before they quell and burst into flame. So why do we do this to ourselves when most of the time storing emotions makes it worse?

    We don't want to hurt the ones we love even if it means hurting ourselves.

    It's a basic failure to cope with a situation, and a failure to find the right words when precious moments draw near...

    OKAY, now that you've heard my opinon I want to hear yours. Have at it.

    37%  Voted for by Southern Belle, looking4realtruth, A woman to love, twistedtiger, Creatress. (6 total)
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  • Dangerous

    For me emotions are dangerous. Mine can be deadly sometimes. Especially anger. You sometimes hear about how when some peoples emotions get so high weird things can happen. It's not fun, so for me emotions are dangerous to have. Yet at the same time it ruins my life as everyone sees me as being cold and emotionless. But in truth I'm not. I just don't feel like putting everyone in danger that can be avoided. To release my emotions in a hopefully non-dangerous way I write poetry on allpoetry.

    12%  Voted for by wandering poetess, Robbwindow.
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  • Some habits are impossible to break.

    Children are often viewed as innocent and naïve, which many are. They share their emotions, they tell everyone everything. They haven’t grasped the concept of secrecy. Children are always studying everything around them. They imitate what they see others around them doing. Children tend to accept things the way they are, and not question why they are doing something.

    Look around you, today’s society doesn’t seem capable of experiencing emotion the way a child would. We seem almost emotionless in comparison. Kids will mimic what they see; they will suppress their emotions in order to be like everyone else. They will continue bottling everything up until they begin to question why, and by that time it’s too late to change.

    Not all children are like that though. Some continue to express their emotions, others will be strong enough to break the habit they created, and find a healthier way to deal.

    But if society is the cause of emotions being bottled up, it makes you wonder when it became a social norm to hide everything.

    12%  Voted for by eminisceray, MadisonRae.
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  • my lonely self

    I keep myself botled up because noone realy pays attention to me. I bootle things up because no one stays to hear my side of the story. Im usually the one left behind. Im so stuck in a world that I made up, that when it is time to come out I freak. Since no one would care about my mimd, if not think Im stupid, I made u a world where I would have conversations to ppl & I would make up a responce as if they were answering. I dnt share my feelings. A diary is my best friend. I hate that everytime something kool is happening I do not know how to react.

    Voted for by natas6devi.
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  • Who's the bottle?

    Yes, people do bottle their emotions up and let them explode. But who's fault is that? Are we not in control of our emotions? Anyone who says no is severely mistaken. If someone has a broken leg they aren't going to leave it and say "Oh it's broken now, there is nothing I can do about it." They are going to go out and get it fixed. Why can't people do that with they're attitude? Because it's hard? If it wasn't we would all be a step away from perfect. That will never happen but it would be a load easier if we all just examined how others saw us once in a while. Maybe listen to relieve the bottled emotions. Maybe not be so selfish. Maybe not hold a grudge. Maybe not be sarcastic. Maybe be a little courteous. Maybe we could do alot to help with this issue. Maybe we just won't.

    Voted for by KimmyKat.
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  • My Outlet

    i get bottled up a lot too. So my emotional outlet is getting on these All""" Sites (Write poetry, a story, philosophy, ect.) and talking to people who love me and always will. You should make one too.

    Voted for by livinlarge.
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  • Dang..your right.

    Yeah they really do get bottled up sometimes...it really sucks. Until they bust. And that will be an intresting day...Good luck to anyone out there with that problem. I have it too.

    Voted for by NovemberRynn.
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  • Good thing to bottle

    Some people just dont like to talk about emotions. I know that its easier for me to just feel nothing sometimes versus having to. Emotions create problems and those problems create the need to think. Thinking for some people, me being one of them, creates more problems because then they over think. So if you just bottle it all up you dont have to deal with it unless you explode. Not everyone will explode though. Some people are better off just bottling it all up and going on with their day.

    Voted for by Stepherz804.
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  • Do NOT do this!
    I had to learn this the hard way - NEVER bottle yourself up. In fact, make every day empowering and fun by exerting your true, honest feelings outward - all the time. Project constantly, or you could end up doing serious harm to yourself or even others. You could end up in a world of fear, or worse - shooting somebody because you didn't get your morning coffee [haha].

    So all in all, do NOT bottle yourself up, EVER. You will feel so much more relieved and stress free when you OPEN UP.

    Peace & love
    Voted for by Trepalium.
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