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. Noun.
A disease generally caused by a former significant other that the sufferer can't (legally or in some other way) remove from his/her life or remove him/herself from, that results in being unable to function normally in an emotional sense ever again.
A disease generally caused by a former significant other that the sufferer can't (legally or in some other way) remove from his/her life or remove him/herself from, that results in being unable to function normally in an emotional sense ever again.
Friend 1: You're so pretty and smart and you have a good job now, why don't you start dating again?
Friend 2: I made the mistake of sleeping with him and it seems to be my kid's father's goal to make me suffer for it for the rest of my life. Every day it's some new kind of hell, and I can't take my kid and leave because the court orders say we have to stay. I can't even THINK about dating anyone, I'm such a mess. I couldn't drag someone else into this.
Friend 1: OMG, you have the Emotional AIDS!
Friend 2: :D! It's funny, because it's TRUE!
Friend 2: I made the mistake of sleeping with him and it seems to be my kid's father's goal to make me suffer for it for the rest of my life. Every day it's some new kind of hell, and I can't take my kid and leave because the court orders say we have to stay. I can't even THINK about dating anyone, I'm such a mess. I couldn't drag someone else into this.
Friend 1: OMG, you have the Emotional AIDS!
Friend 2: :D! It's funny, because it's TRUE!
by astar_alone November 20, 2010
Get the Emotional AIDSmug. 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. 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. 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 amount of emotional stability associated with an individual as it pertains to how dramatic an event is required to move them to an extreme emotional state.
His girlfriend seems to be able to be moved to tears by such a simple thing as a greeting card commercial. That chick has absolutely no emotional inertia!
by SmoovJC November 21, 2012
Get the Emotional Inertiamug. ENG
A person who builds a very emotional connection to roleplays and is therefore very sensitive to sad topics or moments.
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Eine Person, die eine sehr emotionale Verbindung zu Roleplays aufbaut und somit sehr empfindlich ist bei traurigen Themen oder Momenten.
A person who builds a very emotional connection to roleplays and is therefore very sensitive to sad topics or moments.
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Eine Person, die eine sehr emotionale Verbindung zu Roleplays aufbaut und somit sehr empfindlich ist bei traurigen Themen oder Momenten.
"oh look there. Nadja is emotional af again."
"Maybe she's roleplaying again."
"Oh schau mal. Nadja ist wieder emotional af."
"Vielleicht schreibt sie wieder Roleplays."
"Maybe she's roleplaying again."
"Oh schau mal. Nadja ist wieder emotional af."
"Vielleicht schreibt sie wieder Roleplays."
by _babystaytinyzen_ October 2, 2020
Get the emotional afmug.