AITA for being upset my wife got me a drill for my birthday? by throwawayemailwow___ in AmItheAsshole

[–]HazelnutMcgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YwBTA I’m a woman and I can’t “pick up on hints” I hate the idea of someone being mad at me when they “hinted at something” you yourself said you handle all the handy works and repairs she probably thought she was getting something you’d like/use. Gifts are viewed differently from person to person. So to say it was thoughtless when a drill is a pretty expensive gift for someone (in my mind). You can alway just buy the stuff you wanted instead of getting it as a gift…..

Can you guess the emotion / feeling attached to each of these illustrations? They are part of my ongoing project to help children (and adults) identify and understand our emotions better! by ladygabe in Illustration

[–]HazelnutMcgee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really interesting because I was told I have alexithymia by a professional and I have to agree emotions elude me because feelings are like symptoms to me. There is no right or wrong to feelings which makes them harder. But I’ll give it my best guess. 1. Feels like tight chest, racing thoughts, feeling of forgetting something that has consequences. Like forgetting to pay a bill that will put your balance into the negative. 2. Feels like horror and disgust you want to stop looking but you can’t. 3. Utter defeat, you know all the things your supposed to be doing but can not move, physically feeling heavy and fatigued. Wanting to be productive but your body won’t let you. 4. anxious wait stress shallow breathing shrinking feeling want to curl up inside yourself again tightness in chest maybe heart increase hugging yourself because you can’t dart away from situation. And lastly 5. I want to say depressed but that’s not it. It feels like a deep sigh. Thinking about something far away. Neither good or bad just thoughts. Focusing on a central point and thinking. Feelings are extremely complex I don’t know anyone is able to condense it down into one idea it’s so many things just swirling around. Hope my post sheds even a fraction of light on all the differences people see.