by johnnyblaze202020 May 4, 2018
Get the emotional maturitymug. A person who obsessively indulges in social issues to stimulate strong internal emotions for their drug-like effect. This can be an unconscious behavior; the emotion junkie will often be able to rationalize support for their cause/drug of choice.
What separates emotion junkies from normal activists is a distinct lack of empathy towards other nearly identical causes, and flitting from cause to cause as the emotional intensity of each waxes and wanes.
Emotion junkies are unable to give a coherent rational explanation for their obsession with any given cause. However not all people who lack rational understanding of what they're doing are emotion junkies.
What separates emotion junkies from normal activists is a distinct lack of empathy towards other nearly identical causes, and flitting from cause to cause as the emotional intensity of each waxes and wanes.
Emotion junkies are unable to give a coherent rational explanation for their obsession with any given cause. However not all people who lack rational understanding of what they're doing are emotion junkies.
Animal rights groups are fertile ground for emotion junkies. Members of such groups who live to emote, but are disinterested in strategy or other organizational aspects tend to be emotion junkies.
People who are suddenly obsessed with certain celebrities, particularly after they've died. For example a person who spends vast amounts of time and energy with tributes to deal celebrities, and are active in rumor mongering myths about the circumstances of their deaths.
People who obsess over one and only one egregious crime reported in the news, but pay no attention at all to other, equally egregious crimes in the news.
People who are suddenly obsessed with certain celebrities, particularly after they've died. For example a person who spends vast amounts of time and energy with tributes to deal celebrities, and are active in rumor mongering myths about the circumstances of their deaths.
People who obsess over one and only one egregious crime reported in the news, but pay no attention at all to other, equally egregious crimes in the news.
by Speed Daemon August 13, 2012
Get the emotion junkiemug. The detritus that gets stuck in a person's soul when another person has a complete meltdown and spreads their BS across the widest available arc becaue they can't keep their emotions in check.
A close kin to free floating anxiety - but with more oomph.
A close kin to free floating anxiety - but with more oomph.
When your boss has a cow for something that wasn't your fault and really rips into you. You've got to take the hit without a flakjacket. The "Emotional Shrapnel" can lodge deep and cause future issues.
by Ms. JacKeT November 23, 2011
Get the Emotional Shrapnelmug. When someone tries to get you to do something by suggesting that you will be hurting a loved one, a pet, etc etc.
"I think its insensitive, you shouldn't do it. BUT it's your decision, you do what you wanna do" ~ emotional blackmailing cunt.
by Le quatre cinq neuf September 10, 2019
Get the Emotional Blackmailmug. Dude, after I found out she was cheating I broke down crying and then began to use my tears as "emotion lotion".
by Sgpro2019 July 7, 2020
Get the Emotion Lotionmug. The want to be emotionally connected with another person. When you want to share things that you are feeling in order to make a connection with them you feel an emotional attraction.
You can have this with friends, family or romantic partners.
You can have this with friends, family or romantic partners.
Person 1: I talked to Wendy about what I was feeling the other day and I feel like I really connected with them! I feel attracted to them now somehow
Person 2: Oh you might be feeling emotional attraction towards them.
Person 2: Oh you might be feeling emotional attraction towards them.
by LongusConkus November 13, 2021
Get the emotional attractionmug. When a woman needs a man that she can just bend to her will and will do whatever she says all the time.
When you think about she really does need someone that will take place in her Emotional Pegging for a relationship with her to work.
by ThanosLeftNut October 20, 2020
Get the Emotional Peggingmug.