Verb: The act of stimulating someone's emotional needs. When you feel like you have to exhaust yourself in a performative act to satify the emotional needs of another.
"I just can't be with him anymore! He's too dependant on me emotionally. I feel like I have to give him an emotional lapdance everyday. The constant reassurance, the unending questions. Why do I feel like he wants me to be like his mother and his therapist?"
by CharlesMonty January 22, 2021
Someone who preys on your emotions, a person in your life that makes you sad even if you give them all the love you can afford.
by Ikena April 08, 2021
The act of watching heart wrenching documentaries or reading about celebs having miscarriages to indulge in such feelings for self gratifying reasons while having the safety net of knowing it’s happening to them and not you.
Oh i see your watching that show ‘ miscarriage- my story’ , pure emotional masterbation, a horrible thing to do.
by Big aldo October 15, 2020
"- my education cost me like a 1/4 of a million dollars"
"- wait. you paid $60K a year?"
"- no, it wasn't actually 1/4 of a million. it just FELT like it. i was using emotional math."
"- wait. you paid $60K a year?"
"- no, it wasn't actually 1/4 of a million. it just FELT like it. i was using emotional math."
by extreeemelyamerican February 07, 2014
by renniehugh September 20, 2015
by yungeth lenworthiness March 03, 2018
Recharging your mental state of being with someone you love or care about. You don’t even have to talk to them, just be with to feel it. Love, support, laughter, trust, and security.
by nanbinch January 21, 2018

