Irina V. (2) (EIE) - heightened emotionality, tragic tone, expressiveness, a need for diverse emotions

I remember being late to school for the first lesson — for me it was a tragedy. I was crying, and my grandmother was comforting me, saying: “You’ll just go to the second lesson.” And I kept crying — it was a tragedy for me, I’d better not go at all and just die right here.

I can get swept away by emotions, I can’t stop talking. My emotionality can push people away, and sometimes they just can’t take it and leave.

But Sergey is bulletproof — I’ll make a scene, cry, and he’ll be like: “Hee-hee-hee, don’t overreact, woman, get a grip, everything’s fine.”

My mom tunes into my emotional state, and then she starts shaking along with me. I might explode if I hold myself back. I feel like I'm going to burst if I don’t let the emotions out.

<...> If I have no one to unleash my emotions on, I can put on a whole concert for the cat, and if she bites me — I’ll shoot her with a water gun.

<...> I can’t stay in a calm state for long — it’s boring! Let’s come up with something. And then the mood changes — mine and everyone else’s. I can’t stand monotony in emotions, I like them varied.