Emotional Policing

When someone seems intent on telling you to stop feeling a specific emotion. Usually negativity because you're "bringing everyone's mood down" or something similar. Even when you hide your emotions in public and say one offhand comment about how you really feel,there will most likely be someone there to enact Emotional Policing. You're expected to change yourself despite how you truly feel,despite how many facts you have to back up your emotions (which you shouldn't need because that notion seeks to invalidate emotional response). Emotional Policing is everywhere.

Example one:
Todd: "Yeah,Project 2025 is going to hurt a lot of marginalized people and minorities. I'm worried my friends will die."
Bill: "Oh my god,stop being such a fucking doomer Todd! Just relax,everything will be okay."
Todd: "Oh yeah,I should totally 'just relax' when the people I know are going to be hurt or killed. Fuck you and your Emotional Policing,Bill."

Example two:
Jerry: *Expresses even one negative emotion.*
Tom: "SHUT UP YOU DOOMER PESSIMIST NEGATIVE NANCY DOOMER DOOMER DOOMER! BE HAPPY GODDAMNIT DON'T DRAG DOWN THE MOOD OF EVERYONE AROUND YOU STOP IT"
Jerry: "Fuckin' Emotional Policing.."

by Lazthedictionist November 23, 2024

Houseplants with emotions

Introverts

Introverts are houseplants with emotions

by Ubeenbamboozledson February 8, 2025

Emotional turrets

When you get caught up in the throes of a new relationship & accidentally end up saying something you wish you hadn’t

Brad: I was having a great weekend with my girlfriend, & before I knew it, I was telling her I loved her.

Scott: Dude, that’s know as emotional turrets.

by Guster63 July 16, 2020

Emotional Flatliner

Someone who shows no emotional response to anything, no matter how poignant or stirring. They’re either so repressed that nothing gets through their emotional firewall, or so disconnected from their feelings that even a child’s laugh, a heartfelt poem, a soulful song, or a breathtaking view leaves them completely unmoved. Picture a human equivalent of a flatline on an emotional EKG—zero reaction, just a blank stare.

"I played her my favorite song, the one that makes everyone cry, and she just shrugged—total Emotional Flatliner."

by Raquel de la Roche August 5, 2025

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by Adujasty343 June 7, 2025

Emotional Damage

A phrase invented by an actor called "Steven He" and it is describe as said.

You got Emotional Damage

by Flamefloat December 13, 2022

emotional support beverage

The alcoholic beverage you drink prior to a flight, on a flight or in between flights while traveling by plane. emotional support animal, seeing-eye dog, travel companion, air travel, airplane, airport, airline, alcohol, booze, hooch, drunk, intoxicated, wasted, beverage, whiskey, bourbon, beer, vodka, flight attendant

The flight was so turbulent, when we land, I am definitely going to need an emotional support beverage.

by joecoolthefool December 11, 2018