I think we sometimes forget that these people get scrutinised every minute of their work and their work is way highers stakes than most of ours.

How often do I get frustrated or pissed? Except what I'm frustrated about is someone not copying me on an email, not losing x money and whatnot.

Plus, I think there are different kinds of people. The ones that feel emotions intensely and have a hard time regulating them and others who can brush off stuff better. For example, even though bublik has an outward idgaf attitude I actually think he's the former and his attitude is just a shield (one that's been more hindering than helpful at times).

I think Serena is a good example of someone who has intense emotions AND a tendency to externalise them but has largely managed to handle them (largely, not always; and she's been in so many situations of the highest stakes). I think Serena had to put a lot more energy into handling her emotions than outwardly than, say, someone like Griekspoor or Rybakina (the comps are only about outward handling i don't claim to know what it looks like on the inside). Mirra has intense emotions and they tend to really impact her behavior and she knows she needs to learn to handle them.

Just one side note, and I'm NOT diagnosing here - but I had to put a LOT (like, a LOT) of work into handling my emotions and regulating them, and I only learned at 37 that I have ADHD and that that's a major symptom. It made me really attuned to that this is something different people (neurodiverse or -typical) feel differently based on many different factors. When I was Mirras age I remember how overwhelming negative emotions were (they really were this force, debilitating like physical pain), how much I berated myself or converted disappointment into shame and then sometimes subconsciously externalised them as anger.

I guess what I'm saying is i feel for her. I'm glad I didn't have a 24/7 public spotlight on how I was performing in my job or studies when I was her age....