The feeling of being overwhelmed by virtual love and affection from another person but without a viable outlet to express this love, so you end up feeling sad and alone.
Friend 1: Ugh, i’m getting major emotional blue balls right now from my long-distance girlfriend.
Friend 2: What? Why?
Friend 1: look at this sweet paragraph she just sent.
Friend 2: What? Why?
Friend 1: look at this sweet paragraph she just sent.
by haileyray June 21, 2021
Get the emotional blue balls mug.A poor person in a movie about rich people who only exists to teach the wealth-scarred protagonist(s) how to feel or act like humans
“Sam has such a loving family and he’s got his act together. It’s almost like he’s the rich guy instead of Derrick”
“Sam’s family showed up once on screen, and he has no problems or personality of his own. He’s just an emotional support poor.”
“Sam’s family showed up once on screen, and he has no problems or personality of his own. He’s just an emotional support poor.”
by Sapphic_Santana March 20, 2022
Get the emotional support poor mug.Emotional Minesweeper is a situation in which you are unable to predict how a person will react to your actions or statements. In this situation, you may "step on an emotional landmine" and be blindsided by the person you're interacting with "blowing up" at you. It's so unexpected that they misinterpret your confusion for a lack of empathy, adding fuel to the fire.
To avoid putting someone in Emotional Minesweeper, evaluate whether or not they could have predicted that their words or actions would have hurt you. It's generally safer to ask if they have relevant context, and explain how you feel to them in a way they can understand. Generally, if people know how you feel and why you feel that way, they will do their best to be supportive and respectful. More often than not, people don't know they're doing anything wrong.
A popular synonym is "walking on eggshells."
To avoid putting someone in Emotional Minesweeper, evaluate whether or not they could have predicted that their words or actions would have hurt you. It's generally safer to ask if they have relevant context, and explain how you feel to them in a way they can understand. Generally, if people know how you feel and why you feel that way, they will do their best to be supportive and respectful. More often than not, people don't know they're doing anything wrong.
A popular synonym is "walking on eggshells."
"Hey are you doing ok?"
"I could be better. I've been playing Emotional Minesweeper with my mom all weekend, and it's taking a toll on me."
"That's not good. Does she even tell you what you did wrong?"
"She never tells me until after I make the mistake, and she always rages hard about it."
"Dude, you should probably talk to the school counselor. This sounds like abuse, and they may be able to give you resources to help you navigate the situation."
"You sound way too smart for a high-schooler."
"This isn't real, John. We're an example in an Urban Dictionary definition."
"I could be better. I've been playing Emotional Minesweeper with my mom all weekend, and it's taking a toll on me."
"That's not good. Does she even tell you what you did wrong?"
"She never tells me until after I make the mistake, and she always rages hard about it."
"Dude, you should probably talk to the school counselor. This sounds like abuse, and they may be able to give you resources to help you navigate the situation."
"You sound way too smart for a high-schooler."
"This isn't real, John. We're an example in an Urban Dictionary definition."
by Majestical Discomfort May 7, 2024
Get the Emotional Minesweeper mug.When several powerful and sometimes negative emotions appear simultaneously and cause a cognitive meltdown. The person usually acts harshly as a result or sometimes simply shuts down for a time as a result.
He told her she looked nice today but she immediately thought of all the men who had been abusive to her so her emotional epilepsy caused a strange reaction because she spit on him.
by itkillz July 25, 2017
Get the emotional epilepsy mug.Hym "It's either emotion or I'm a robot. It's always one of the two with you people. But you know it's neither. You know exactly how much money other people are making off of this and you don't care who it is as long as it isn't me. You're stealing from me to try and prove a point that you will never make. And you don't care as long as I have everything stole from me. It isn't my shortcomings. You want me to have to think differently to suceed and I'm not going to. It's using theft to be the thought police. What you need to do is kill yourself because not a single person is benefiting from this with you being like this and ME BEING LIKE THIS IS BENEFITING EVERYONE. Except for me. I don't need to change for that to change. You might want that. But only because YOU KNOW I WON'T. And if it doesn't change, I will pick a random person out of the crowd and I will change their lives forever."
by Hym Iam January 26, 2025
Get the Emotion mug.When you spill your guts and reveal everything you've been feeling and holding inside you. This can be an angry outburst, but is usually a case of telling the object of your desire of how deep your affections go. After the emotional throw up, one usually feels a lot better as they got a weight off their chest.
To bring myself closure I sent my ex a message of emotional throwup and now I feel much better.
I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymorrrre!!!
I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymorrrre!!!
by KanuhaK April 19, 2017
Get the emotional throwup mug.A: how are you feeling?
B: 'idk i kinda feel like i have emotional congestion.'
Or 'idk i kinda feel emotionally congested.'
B: 'idk i kinda feel like i have emotional congestion.'
Or 'idk i kinda feel emotionally congested.'
by that_typical_guy November 2, 2022
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