Does anyone else feel like their emotions are "all or nothing"? I feel as if most of the time I'm pretty numb. But when I feel sad, it's crippling depression. Anger is overwhelming, my heart races, my face gets hot and I feel like breaking things. I've been characterized as "clingy" or "too intense" when it comes to expressing my feelings about/toward others. I never really feel elated or excited, the happy moods aren't really in my emotional repertoire.

I can fake most normal emotions and reactions to stimuli, I know what's expected of me. But inside, it's very much either NO emotion, or TOO MUCH emotion, and sometimes the latter leaks out and people start to notice.

Is this a bipolar trait? Something else? Or just my own psychological wiring?