Emotionally strong vs physically stong?

Question

which one do you prefer and why?

Answer 1

Being a man, I possess both. I also know that physical strength needs emotional strength in order to be maintained.

Answer 2

Emotionally strong, it's always worked for me & I'm a real trooper because of it.

Answer 3

Emotional strength.

Physical strength is worthless if a person does not have the emotional strength to control or apply it as necessary.

Answer 4

Emotionally strong. A guy who is physically strong without emotional stability has nothing to offer to me.

Answer 5

Tough choice.  I like a man with a bit of both really.

Answer 6

I prefer kittens.

Answer 7

Emotionally strong. I was once very strong physically but after a bad illness that I will live with forever ended my military career I need my emotional strength to deal with my waining physical strength and to undergo a complete rebuild of my life and what I thought it was.

Physical strength is great but it gos and mental will stay.

Answer 8

you need to emotionally strong in order to be physically strong

Answer 9

I would rather be emotionally strong.  It sounds horrible, but I can always get someone to lift something for me.  I have to hold my head up for myself.

Answer 10

Emotionally strong.

As a mother I have to be able to handle anything. if i fall apart every time something happens how can I be a good mom?

Of course when my dad passed away in June i did fall apart. i was not emotionally ready for his death so I went to pieces. but in most cases I am better at not falling apart. physical strength is not as important. Good question. God Bless

Answer 11

emotionally b/c u can get physically strong if ur emotional strong

Answer 12

You can't make it in this world without the emotional strength, therefore if one is just simply physically strong, but lacks emotional strength, than they will eventually fall.

Besides, can one possibly get physically stronger without the mental determination not to give up when things get hard? NOPE!

Answer 13

mental toughness is key for physical strength

Answer 14

I'm a guy but I don't think the two are mutually exclusive nor do I really think that my idea of what "emotional strength" is necessarily coincides with what others may think.  I consider myself both physically strong (as I was a serious athlete as a younger man) and emotionally strong, but perhaps not in the manner in which you may construe this.

I regard emotional strength as the capacity for human empathy and caring about other people.  I don't regard "emotional strength" as an "affective disconnect" from life events or loved ones.  I work in a rather intensive field where I have to do highly precise work under sterile conditions whilst standing on my feet for many hours (often I wear a rather heavy lead-shielded apron for hours as I'm exposed to high doses of radiation in my specialty, which really take a toll on one's back).

When I lose someone I love or my patient is suffering or dying, I am emotionally affected, often very deeply, but I don't necessarily regard this as an emotional weakness, per se.  I regard emotional strength as the capacity to get up off the canvas when the chips are down and take care of business and my family.

I'm not sure if that's the sort of thing you're talking about.  I don't think that a post-modern feminist would be able to even consider me as a reasonable human being based on underlying bias against my gender and a tacit assumption that my gender is inherently wicked, uncaring, selfish and destructive.  I can't expect those who hate my gender to give me the benefit of the doubt, and I don't spend much time concerning myself with it nor do I hate myself for having been born a man and behaving in a normative manner.

Answer 15

In my opinion, the body follows the will.  The will is defined as a strong desire.  

I prefer a person who is emotionally intact.  The body will take care of itself if the mind wills it.  A strong willed person can and often does have power over a person with a strong body.  i.e. many a muscle-man has crumbled to a sharp, strong-willed female.

Works the same way in the military.  The leaders break and control the will of the soldiers.  I am not saying i agree wholly with this practice, but, in the military, it is essential for an organized, successful outcome.

Hope this helps.

Answer 16

sure emotionally strong, because that's the most important thing.

Answer 17

Emotionally strong; even the strongest man can be emotionally weak.