a self-protective series of behaviors intended to protect male egos from emotional involvement that could otherwise cause trauma, drama, or stress.
Billy likes Amy from class, but his emotional abstinence prevents him from being hurt by the fact that Amy has a boyfriend.
by Jason C. M. Buckley January 8, 2008
Get the emotional abstinence mug."I'm so emotionally-numb that I didn't react to see a picture of an aborted baby.....I guess that is bad, isn't it. It makes me think, but I don't express it."
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by SHE.KNOWS.IT.ALL October 5, 2020
Get the Emotionally Scarred mug.The term Emotional Rollercoaster was coined by Dr. N. Amundson in dealing with unemployment, first in a research article: Amundson, N.E., & Borgen, W. (1982). The dynamics of unemployment: Job loss and job search. Personnel and Guidance Journal, 60, 562-564. It was most likely made popular when Nelson Canada published their booklet At the Controls:Charting your course through unemployment in 1987. Approximately 960,000 copies of this book were bought by the Gov't of Canada and distributed to people dealing with unemployment between 1987 and 1996.
"Shock! Relief! Sadness! Excitement! Frustration! Lack of energy! Hopelessness! Determination! People feel many different emotions when they are out of work. these feelings may be a bit different from one person to another depending on how you lost your job, how long you have been out of work, your future possibilities, and whether you can provide for your family or others who depend on you.
However, many of the unemployed people we talked with described similar patterns of emotions. They described these feelings as an "emotional rollercoaster" that kept them off balance… " (Amundson and Borgen, At the Controls, 1987)
However, many of the unemployed people we talked with described similar patterns of emotions. They described these feelings as an "emotional rollercoaster" that kept them off balance… " (Amundson and Borgen, At the Controls, 1987)
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Get the Emotional [Rollercoaster] mug.Ability to identify emotions in self and others. Something Corinne on the bachelor apparently didn't have.
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Get the emotional intelligence mug.(n) A person who manages to carry a large amount of emotional baggage with them to any situation and expects a gratuity after dumping the aforementioned baggage on you.
by S Lucky March 14, 2007
Get the Emotional Bellhop mug.1. Someone who acts emotionless.
2. Someone with a personality that makes a potato look interesting.
3. Someone so sad that a potato looks very cheerful in comparison.
4. Ulquiorra Schiffer.
2. Someone with a personality that makes a potato look interesting.
3. Someone so sad that a potato looks very cheerful in comparison.
4. Ulquiorra Schiffer.
1. Vennession had no emotions to speak of, making her emotionless, and therefore an Emotato.
2. Ulquiorra Schiffer has a dead, bland personality, with the exception of calling everyone he meets trash, making him nearly 95% Emotato.
3. Ulquiorra Schiffer always looks so sad, like he needs a big hug and lots of chocolate, so sad that the baked potato I had for lunch looked extremely happy in comparison.
4. Ulquiorra Schiffer, Cuatro Espada.
2. Ulquiorra Schiffer has a dead, bland personality, with the exception of calling everyone he meets trash, making him nearly 95% Emotato.
3. Ulquiorra Schiffer always looks so sad, like he needs a big hug and lots of chocolate, so sad that the baked potato I had for lunch looked extremely happy in comparison.
4. Ulquiorra Schiffer, Cuatro Espada.
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