Do you tend to bottle your feelings?

I don't. I'm an upfront type of person. I say how I feel right there and then.
If I don't like it, then I say so. If I'm irritated, I say so and I show it.
I think it is better to show to the world how you really feel inside than keeping it.

I guess keeping your feelings inside you is like a volcano where pressure is built up inside then one day, it will just go KABOOOM!

Feelings change. Every moment, our feelings or feeling changed - either for good or for worst. When we bottle our feelings, I hope that we can also throw it as far as we can so that it will burst out somewhere and it will not hurt us. Even if we bottle our feelings, yet we keep it in our heart, it will surely come out one day, and harm us emotionally. But it's always good to have a smile and trust the Lord for all our worries.

I normally do bottle up my feelings against other people as I hate causing a scene. I have to admit that it is starting to get to me now and I feel like I have to do something about it quickly. There are a few times I exploded right in front of other people's faces and told them exactly what I think of them. I know what I did was bad but I sure did feel much better after that.

Hi and smile.
I have the attitude of bottling up my feelings. I always make myself calm even though i know people already hurting me with their words. Its so hard to do it but i am not really good at showing how i am feeling bad at someone or something. I always keep it inside letting people see i just feel ok. But my husband said its too dangerous for my heart. he told me that its ok to show how i really feel because in the later part of my life, im going to have this emotional baggage.

Hello there. I do try and get my feeling out in the open as soon as possible. It does depend on the situation at hand of course. Somtimes it can be a better option to walk away and think about something calmly rather than say something you may regret at a later date.

It is good however to get things out in the open, it is just that the timing of your discusion is important.

I have been a very open person all through my life.I have been used to calling a spade a damn spade and nothng else under any curcumstances.Ijust cannot tolerate the nonsense of anyone of any importance for any gain.The toughest thing for me to carry the grudges or happiness inside me.I have to spill our my emotions of all nature.I am a blw hot blow cold type.People close to me know me as a very open gregarious no nonsense person Kala.

I have always believed that it is better to think first and act or speak later. I have known too many people who react to something instantly without thinking of what harm they may be doing to others. Why hurt some one's feelings or anger them just to satisfy your own need for instant gratification? Yes, sometimes it causes you stress and tension build-up but one needs to learn how to deal with those feelings so as not to let them explode later. If you can't control your own emotions then get professional help is my feeling. My own husband is one of those who speaks first and thinks later and he has alienated many friends because of it. He doesn't mean to hurt others at the time, but it happens often simply because he doesn't think about what he is saying first.

sometime with my wife i do, but most of the time with her i just tell her how i feel. but when it comes to others i will tell them straight up. but i sometime got to make sure i am not too upset because i often tell them in a nasty way

Hi kalav
Hey looks like you are talking about me, coz that is exactly the way i am and what happens with me, i am not at all happy when something like that happens, i have yelled at people at public places like in trains and mess for a lot smaller issues, many issues build up inside me and keeps the pressure rising within the bottle until one day it finally blows over a drop of pin... i don't know how to control that, i know it isn't at all good, there aren't many people who would understand that i have been under a lot of pressure and all, i really hope people do understand that... well it has been quiet a long time since i have been really mean to anybody, am hopping to stay like that from now on, i think just because i am letting out my feeling more easily these days i am able to help not build up the pressure again, or maybe i have grown more mature i don't really know, but thanks for putting up the discussion, it has been a pleasure releasing some pressure here....lol.... have a nice day kalav

It does happen that I do bottle up my feelings. I'm really trying to work on not bottling them up so much, but there are times when I can't help but bottling them up at times. It's just something that I've done for quite some time. Now it's almost like a force of habit.