If your emotions were dampened down, how would your life be different?

I feel some pretty extreme emotions—both low and high. Comes with the territory, I guess (being bipolar). I find myself wishing, from time to time, that I didn’t feel as strongly. Yeah, the highs are incredible, but the lows can be deadly. 20% of folks with bipolar disorder don’t survive. Scary.

If I didn’t have these extremes, then I wouldn’t get into trouble—either from the high of making intense connections with others, or the low of feeling worse than dirt. I’d be on a more even keel. Maybe my life would be a bit more boring, but I might be happier, with fewer expectations.

If you had less of a range of feelings, how would your life be different? What is the role that your emotions play in your life? What have they made you do that you wonder about?