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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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Emotional bant

When two people have a crush on each other but don't admit it and continue to speak to each other as close friends. Could also be a connotation for "just friends".
person 1 : yeah I just were having emotional bants

Person 2: yeah maybe
by Mcpalandnocoeiwnmslx April 23, 2017
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Houseplants with emotions

Introverts
Introverts are houseplants with emotions
by Ubeenbamboozledson February 8, 2025
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Emotional Awareness

who's down for an emotional awareness
by weed sucker September 14, 2023
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Emotional Damage

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemotional damage STEVEN HE thing

mental damage
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE where I from mental heath not invented yet
by MIMMIM May 6, 2022
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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
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