It’s the r/Melbourne daily discussion thread [Friday 30/12/2022]

I was raised surrounded by ultra emotional people who would always react to things in extremes immediately without much thought. I turned out the opposite, I guess because someone had to back then and it just carried on. To be honest I see it as an asset, out of those people I'm the only one who completely has their shit together in life and I think a huge part of it is the ability to process and deal with things without letting emotions be the driving factor behind decision making.

The only downside really is what you're experiencing where people can't wrap their heads around it and make judgements, but I kinda feel like that reflects back on them, they don't understand something so it makes them uncomfortable and they react emotionally to that feeling. In the same way they think you're a "psychopath" for not being emotional, I might see them as mentally weak and immature for being emotional. Neither of us are right necessarily, the difference is they can't control the impulse to tell you they think that or want to take the time to try and understand where your head is at.

Unless you're hurting others or yourself, or deliberately burying feelings to avoid them don't let it get to you

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