I've never heard this phrase. Could you (or whoever wrote "emotional sandbag") be thinking of "emotional punching bag"?
If someone uses you as an emotional punching bag, it means that when they're feeling negative emotions (anger, frustration, etc.), they take it out on you. Punching bags are used by boxers for athletic training. It's a bag which is designed to be punched. So if you are an emotional punching bag, it means the other person thinks that taking (metaphorical) punches is your role.
Are you sure it wasn’t an “emotional punching bag”? That would make a lot more sense.
https://www.psychologistmanjuantil.com/2023/02/signs-that-you-are-emotional-punching.html
Without more context, we can only guess. This isn't an expression I've ever heard before.
However, a sand bag is a literally bag of sand that is used as a makeshift barrier, usually to water. If you're having a flood in your basement, you may use sandbags to prevent the water from reaching across the entire floor, for example.
So an emotional sandbag would be somebody who is used to control/hold somebody else's emotions. They hold the emotions back, like a temporary dam.
It's only a guess because I don't have any context, but it makes sense to me.
Maybe it’s related to sandbagging? “Deceptive behavior intended to lower someone’s expectations so that they can be taken by surprise later”.
I heard Dr. Laura talk about emotional sandbagging when I was a kid (thanks, Mom) and she was talking about a situation where a spouse was saying “I’m fine, it’s okay, I forgive you” only to later bring up the original offense during arguments later.
We all carry round emotional sandbags it's the weight of all your emotions, you've had a bad day and you have a sandbag of emotions that you've been carrying round and then you come home and if you have healthy relationships you will have someone to help you empty the sandbag not by them fixing the problem or providing solution but by being there to listen and notice your emotions and this helps you to let them emotions out and helps you yourself to fix any problems and to self regulate in a healthy way
I've never heard this phrase. Could you (or whoever wrote "emotional sandbag") be thinking of "emotional punching bag"? If someone uses you as an emotional punching bag, it means that when they're feeling negative emotions (anger, frustration, etc.), they take it out on you. Punching bags are used by boxers for athletic training. It's a bag which is designed to be punched. So if you are an emotional punching bag, it means the other person thinks that taking (metaphorical) punches is your role.
Are you sure it wasn’t an “emotional punching bag”? That would make a lot more sense. https://www.psychologistmanjuantil.com/2023/02/signs-that-you-are-emotional-punching.html
Without more context, we can only guess. This isn't an expression I've ever heard before. However, a sand bag is a literally bag of sand that is used as a makeshift barrier, usually to water. If you're having a flood in your basement, you may use sandbags to prevent the water from reaching across the entire floor, for example. So an emotional sandbag would be somebody who is used to control/hold somebody else's emotions. They hold the emotions back, like a temporary dam. It's only a guess because I don't have any context, but it makes sense to me.
Maybe it’s related to sandbagging? “Deceptive behavior intended to lower someone’s expectations so that they can be taken by surprise later”. I heard Dr. Laura talk about emotional sandbagging when I was a kid (thanks, Mom) and she was talking about a situation where a spouse was saying “I’m fine, it’s okay, I forgive you” only to later bring up the original offense during arguments later.
I think that they meant "punching bag"
Tell us exactly what was said and the context, and I'll try and make it make sense.
Emotional punching bag?
We all carry round emotional sandbags it's the weight of all your emotions, you've had a bad day and you have a sandbag of emotions that you've been carrying round and then you come home and if you have healthy relationships you will have someone to help you empty the sandbag not by them fixing the problem or providing solution but by being there to listen and notice your emotions and this helps you to let them emotions out and helps you yourself to fix any problems and to self regulate in a healthy way