In fact, in high-drama communities (think the all-girl cat fights, and the cruising part of the gay community), strength of emotion is often seen as "crying wolf" or "protesting too much". The stronger the emotion is conveyed, the less depth is attributed to it. (or less validity, anyway, but generally it's seen that high-drama people are high-drama because they're not actually feeling deeply about the whole situation, just one very small part of it. Maybe that's breadth instead of depth...who knows?)
So yes, there's a balance between being so stoic as to wondering whether you have emotions and being high-drama, leaving other people wondering if you actually have any introspection whatsoever.
I wrote more, but I decided to post it in my journal.
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Date: 2006-07-22 08:21 am (UTC)So yes, there's a balance between being so stoic as to wondering whether you have emotions and being high-drama, leaving other people wondering if you actually have any introspection whatsoever.
I wrote more, but I decided to post it in my journal.