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Rather than thanking someone face-to-face, you prefer writing a letter or sending a carefully edited long message. This tendency to "rely on text to filter emotions" is actually a safety mechanism you use to defend against "uncontrollability and awkwardness in real-time interactions"; you fear that if you say it in person, unexpected reactions from either of you will cause panic, so you use "textual distance" to ensure emotions are delivered safely and elegantly. But the warmth of face-to-face interaction cannot be entirely replaced by text. Try telling them in person something you wrote in your letter next time you meet; when you learn to face emotional collisions directly, your relationships will become much more vibrant.
💡 Did you know?
Emotion research finds that written gratitude expression (such as gratitude letters or long messages) increases the writer's subjective well-being by approximately 19%, with effects lasting up to a month. This 'gratitude writing effect' is widely used in psychotherapy and is considered one of the most effective positive psychology interventions.
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