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Showing emotions were a sign of weakness in the environment I grew up in. Like vultures seeing a wounded animal and ripping it to pieces, some people will take advantage of that weakness.

Sometimes emotions are difficult to control, but not doing so leads to greater problems. When you let emotions take over, you can't think clearly.

Everyone is going to feel emotions at times. Most people's lives are controlled by their emotions. It's a human thing; an animal thing.

Everyone is different as to what emotions they feel, why they feel them, when they feel them and how they deal with them.

More often than not, I am able to rule emotions out of my decision making process. This makes me better able to do what has to be done, but it also makes me appear as a non caring person.

I have been alone the greater part of my life. The only one I could rely on was myself. Due to people saying things and not following through, I don't count on anyone but myself. If someone is dependable and does what they say, I appreciate that and respect that, but I also realize that there are other things that happen that could change that. I never get my hopes up or count on anything going right.

Working at this institution was like being out on the highway. You keep on trying to do exactly the right thing by going the speed limit, but there's always someone flying past you riding your ass trying to force you to do what you are not supposed to do.