I’ve always been a very emotional person

My actions were driven by my emotions and I’m very passionate about everything I do

But growing up through school, sports, etc I was always getting told to suppress my emotions

That I “need to bring it down a notch”

So for a while I thought something was wrong with me and I’d try to suppress emotions

Let me tell you... that does not work

What I learned is the difference between controlling emotions and suppressing

Now I’m able to control my passion and release it at the right times in the right way