DAE get extremely irritated when people get very sentimental/emotional?
This is one of my trauma responses that makes me feel like a psychopath so I’m curious if anyone can relate
I have an ex who got VERY sentimental about his family. When his nephew was about to be born I remember him talking about how excited he was saying stuff like “he’s gonna be smart…and he’s gonna LOVE music” in this exaggerated tone and I just remember rolling my eyes and being like “everyone loves music. Can you stop being weird?”
Another time I had a roommate who got really attached to my cat. When I was moving out I was packing up my cat’s things she was like “you’re taking the cat? Oh I’m gonna CRY”. I just laughed awkwardly and changed the subject.
It bothers me seeing how easily people can connect to others’ emotions when I can’t. I just immediately get uncomfortable or annoyed. Even people I generally feel warm towards, I shut down when they get on some emotional narrative because it feels demanding like I have to perform some kind of emotion with them and I just…don’t.
Posted Dec 13, 2025, 10:33 AM UTC