in retrospect, i think i faked at least 50% of my emotional displays in college mostly picked up from friends what i was "supposed" to feel in various situations and did a pretty good job simulating them, but mostly wasn't actually feeling them, as far as i can tell
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Same. In large part cause I'm a third culture kid. The main feeling I'd get it is a swell of anxiety that I misread as whatever emotion I was supposed to be feeling at the instant.
