Frustrated, angry... same thing. > The defining characteristic of transition from childhood is cognitive mastery over emotional whim. Just because adults CAN

Frustrated, angry... same thing. > The defining characteristic of transition from childhood is cognitive mastery over emotional whim. Just because adults CAN suppress almost all emotional reactions doesn't mean that we should. Believing that certain emotional reactions should never be expressed, or that expressing them over 'trivialities' is bad, sounds like a very immature view of adulthood in my opinion. Shedding a tear when you are confronted with an image you find beautiful or poignant seems is one of the greatest things about being human. I'm only engaging in this conversation because engaging with my emotions rather than stifling them has been one of the most rewarding challenges of my life and required analyzinh a lot of my own programming. You have no idea what you're missing if you don't try.