How volatile do you consider yourself emotionally?

I know the feeling all too well. In the end, even if you aren't always meeting new people or socializing, keep your eyes forward towards the path you decide to walk. No matter what you end up doing with your life, always aim to make overall progress forward, whether it's fast, slow, running, walking, or in burst is irrelevant. Just keep moving forward; learn from your mistakes, and try not to dwell too much on what has already happened.

I used to be very emotionally volatile but depression sort of has a way of blending everything together into this unremarkable blur. I used to let slights and unfortunate events, even particularly sad subjects, affect me deeply. Now it really takes a lot to shock my emotions into reacting.

I am not sure if this is a good or bad thing. The external composure people tend to like, but then again I am also not the most enjoyable person to be around. I suppose you have to take the good with the bad.

I'm incredibly volatile; if somebody were to interrupt my connectivity to the internet while I was immersed in something requiring it, they'd receive an absolute ear-full.

Don't mess with my connection!

You can take my headset, you can take my dessert, and you can take my air conditioner! But if you so much as TOUCH my Internetz, then consider yourself DEAD, ;P

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Shall we say it may be a way to reckon no-life ones in terminal phase ?

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...What?

I dont consider myself volatile, i tend to be pretty calm on every situation and also tend to think 2-4 times before i say or do anything. Sometimes its a good thing, sometimes its a bad thing.

I also tend to over think alot of stuff (could be the reason why i enjoy philosophy) and thats when i see myself wanting to get out of social groups sometimes. At our work for example, our bosses sometimes ask us (or tell us) to work on weekends or overtime, and the first thing somebody says is: "that fucking jerk, he is an asshole for making us work overtime"

What i mean is that alot of people just blur out emotional things without thinking at all what they are saying pretty much, and i personally hate that or cant relate to that at all, i dont like to sympathize with people who are like that.

[color=#993300]Well there's a reason why I've avoided answering this question, being that I am capable of intense mood swings (I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder at one point). I blame my past for it. Though interestingly enough, I can be so stable to the point where I can maintain stoicism in an extremely emotional situation, especially when reflecting on my past. But that also has to do with my mental state and of course, how much I've slept. Get me on a rant and I can flip through emotions faster than professional dealers shuffle cards. Put me in a funeral where a close family member died and I will not feel a thing. Not only are my emotions volatile, but my emotional stability as well.

I can relate with the lack of emotion to certain situations in life; I'm the guy who typically shows almost no emotions while out and about, except when I actually talk to people. Even when I deal with cashiers and such, my emotions are usually kept within a perpetual "neutral" setting.

My mood swings had been an issue for most of my life until VERY recently (like, maybe a month and a half ago), and I had nearly hurled myself off the ledge of sanity to be devoured by oblivion and non-existence. A massive factor that eventually led to my current level of unprecedented mental stability, was that I finally started taking matters into my own hands to find means of creating a sense of calm in my life that didn't crumble after a month.

I used to take at least 3-4 different types of medication at any given time for most of my life, and I've reduced it to only 2; 60 mg of Adderall (allows me to focus), and 150 mg of Venlafaxine (an anti-depressant; which forms a physical dependency with very uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms, so I can't cold-turkey quit that one). The only whiplash I'm feeling right now is the after-effects of the Risperidone I used to take; it literally DESTROYS the libido of most people who end up taking it. And depending on the dose taken, it can take months or even YEARS for your libido to recover completely (I used to be the very definition of a "horny teenager"; I'm JUST starting to get my drive back, but my ability to stay "hard" hasn't completely returned yet).

Just my input, anyway.

I would consider myself somewhat volatile, I do have those moments where I just lash out at others but it's definitely calmed down from when I was younger. At my peak, I probably would get aggressive over so much as someone looking at me funny which I did get quite a lot back then and even do now.

I still really dislike people looking at me though, it feels as if they're silently judging me(and they probably are). Don't really know what I did to get past this but at some point I really just couldn't bother feeling anything over it anymore.

Of course, I'll still go overboard if I feel someone is directly threatening me. I may have calmed down but I won't stand for that crap.

[color=#993300]Though I've attempted suicide multiple times, I guess I'm gifted with splendid emotional recovery ability (from moving about once every three months as a child). I am volatile, but I usually can align myself again, saving myself from suicide multiple times. Thankfully, this is why I've never resorted to drugs. I'm volatile, unstable, but I guess adaptable. And to center the thing, it is [align=whatever you want]

Huh, I never would have figured that out if you hadn't said that. Thanks!!

I'm a bit of a mix of both very volatile to not volatile at all, for example: Some really simple stuff will set me off for no real good reason. I can find myself punching a wall over not being able to change a channel on my TV because the remote isn't working properly.

In other circumstances where you would imagine someone breaking down and becoming overly depressed I end up barely reacting at all, or I deal with it well. Although I am prone to some pretty intense mood swings concerning this and my earlier point (such as the way I react is swapped around). However recently I've become depressed to a point where I've been unable to get out of bed most days due to a particular reason that has come to light recently.

I guess the best way to put how emotionally volatile I am is that it comes down to luck regarding what's happening. It can swing from very violent to being very calm. Usually I end up dealing with the situation better if I am able to vent in simple ways like complaining a ton to people it just let's me clear the air over everything rather than bottling it up.