What is Emotional Constipation?
1.
Inability or unwillingness to express one's emotions. Creates the impression of a cold or unfeeling person. Often associated with having an anal personality. High doses of alcohol are the best known remedy.
(note to editors: I submitted this same definition for "mental constipation", but now I realised that it's really more appropriate for "emotional constipation".)
He's got such a bad case of emotional constipation, if he ever did say anything, shit would come out of his mouth!
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2.
the inability to express one's feelings despite a sincere effort or desire to do so
That movie was so sad it made tears well up in my eyes, but my emotional constipation was so great I couldn't bring myself to cry.
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