emotional cripple

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emotional cripple

noun emotional cripples

  1. idiomatic, offensive A person who has been rendered indecisive, alienated, uncaring, confused, or helpless through experiencing debilitating emotions, such as worry, fear, panic, despair, etc. The truth is I was an emotional cripple when I met her, drunk more often than not, punishing myself for doing things that went against my nature.

    Similar: basket case

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noun person who has been rendered indecisive

中文六神無主 /六神无主

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@misc{emotional_cripple_2026,
  title = {emotional cripple},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emotional%20cripple},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}