"But when one does not complain , and when one wants to master oneself with a tyrant’s grip — one’s faculties rise in revolt — and one pays for outward calm with an almost unbearable inner struggle." Letter from Charlotte Brontë to Professor Constantin Heger, 1845. Common Physical Expressions of Emotion In everyday life, bodily expressions of emotion are common and accepted. If we are sad, we might cry; if we are embarrassed or ashamed, we might blush; if we are afraid, our