We are generally told to cheer up and be happy. It’s as if having sad emotions are no longer allowed. Society has somehow made it so that, when we aren’t feeling our best, we somehow need to hide it. It’s expected that, we shouldn’t bring emotions into the workplace, into the school grounds, or even in public. Ironically, if you’re overly happy or you’re just in your own state of mind, completely joyous, people don’t like it either. If you’re dancing on your own down the street or singing to yourself, maybe even bobbing your head to music, you’re being judged, or looked at funny. It’s as if, we cannot feel any emotion besides the neutral ground of the blank stare.

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