I agree that it's not good or bad. I also have somewhat restricted emotions, although it's never been explained why. I do feel emotions, but much less than most people and they are not as big a deal to me as most people. And sometimes I feel nothing about things that would bother others to no end. I see it as just a part of my personality that has its pros and cons just like any other personality. It allows me to keep myself more under control than some people, and I like it because I tend to think logically and dismiss my emotions that aren't representative of anything outside of my own reality anyway. Just makes it a bunch easier to have less of them since I think that way.
I'd say the biggest downside is not having empathy for people who can't control their emotions. I understand having them, but I can't understand losing control over them. Which can put strains on relationships when I can't understand why people are acting irrationally/out of emotion. Also, I can read emotion, but I tend to put a smaller emphasis on how something affects someone than it actually does. Which makes me underestimate how upset/bothered other people can be by things. It also makes it difficult for me to discuss my viewpoint with others as most people I've known are unable to understand (or even try to understand) why I think logically/rationally rather than emotionally. Like when something really doesn't bother me, people don't believe me/accuse me of lying. But other than issues of me not getting other people and other people not getting me, I don't see it as bad at all. It just is. And I like the way it influences my decision making to a more logical path.
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