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1. emotional constipation
Inability or unwillingness to express one's emotions. Creates the impression of a cold or unfeeling person. Often associated with having an anal personality. High doses of alcohol are the best known remedy.

(note to editors: I submitted this same definition for "mental constipation", but now I realised that it's really more appropriate for "emotional constipation".)
He's got such a bad case of emotional constipation, if he ever did say anything, shit would come out of his mouth!
2. emotional constipation
the inability to express one's feelings despite a sincere effort or desire to do so
That movie was so sad it made tears well up in my eyes, but my emotional constipation was so great I couldn't bring myself to cry.
3. emotional constipation
That feeling when you just really couldn't give a shit.
"I was going to vote for Jedward on the X Factor, but just couldn't be bloody bothered"

"Man, I've been feeling like that for weeks. We both have emotional constipation."
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