Send us a text I used to be really scared of my emotions. I let them control me, my mind, and my whole life. I would act out on my main emotions, which were anger and sadness, and do or say things that I'd then regret. that's why I started numbing myself by drinking alcohol at a really young age. I didn't want to feel anything. I suppressed my emotions for so many years, eventually through other substances because alcohol wasn't enough, that once I quit the substances, anxiety hit me. I even ...