Am I a stoic? As someone who doesn't experience much emotion (usually none) except for my own hubris or pride, I find I'm happier than most people. I also find

Am I a stoic? As someone who doesn't experience much emotion (usually none) except for my own hubris or pride, I find I'm happier than most people. I also find I have bouts of negative emotions at times, but very few identifiable positive emotional experiences. The number of times I could identify my own "happiness" is about 12...and that's where my life experiences and lifestyle was in a condition I would aspire to for the commensurate time period. > According to a long line of modern critics of Stoicism from Hegel onwards, the Stoic is someone who lies themselves out of reality in order to feel happy in otherwise unpleasant circumstances. I am considered "different" in many respects, by everyone I spend time around. It doesn't seem to make me much less popular, but I am avoided or included in exchanges, based on this personality. I don't ignore emotion to avoid unpleasant circumstances (although it may be related to childhood experience/trauma at some point), I just don't have it. As per American Psycho, I'm just not there. When diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, I respond (because they want a reaction) - "Everyone dies". So it might seem like it's a coping mechanism when I'm really just trying to accommodate others. When my father gets cancer. I reassess if I want to spend time with him. Nope. Didn't before, don't now. One day I'll be gone and the whole question becomes moot for me, so I never thought it had a name.