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I'm asking this because it seems like almost all English folk are made of stone. I never seen a Brit break down and cry or deal with their emotional issues like us Americans. Now, I'm not saying you have to do it in a public place or on television like alot of us unfortunately do here. But is there ever a time when an English person goes to therapy or prays or does something or go somewhere they can release pain and heartbreak? I have rarely ever seen an emotional Brit. It seems like alot you Brits (and I mean that in the most respectful way) suppress your emotions because of societal expectation and shame. I don't understand how it is a shame to show compassion, sadness, or happiness about something you love or care about.
What exactly is this observation based on? Do you spend much time around emotional Brits suppressing tears? Or are we talking here about cultural stereotypes? I was personally embrassed by all the public wailing and piles of rotten flowers when that princess died a few years ago.
Maybe "some" Americans are too excitable with all the additives joke, I cry, but not over silly things, I do over kids being abused in the World...or our brave soldiers being killed and seriously injured and for what... the saddest things I can imagine......
Last edited by dizzybint; 09-22-2013 at 02:21 AM..
Are you kidding? I actually find that American men are the more repressed and more hung up over paranoia of being seen as gay, showing any kind of emotion.
Some people are just brought up to be more stoic. I'm from an Irish background and was brought up not show too much emotion in public so I like to keep some things to myself but I'm far from emotionless. I just don't show it in public.
British people would be similar in that regard. Some people only share things with people they are close to.
have to admit I have a fondness for the traditional " british stiff upper lip " thing
talking about ones feelings is incredibly overrated
Bottling it up is incredibly overrated and incredibly harmful.
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joke, I cry, but not over silly things, I do over kids being abused in the World...or our brave soldiers being killed and seriously injured and for what... the saddest things I can imagine......
