A punch in the nose? Hm, you have a point. Ok, let me say it a different way.
A few years back, my father was in the year for his mother. On top of that, he was on the threshhold of a surgical procedure. One morning during chazzoras ha’shatz, he started to cry (not, just weepy eyed.. I mean sobbing) by refoanu and again by shema kolainu.
Someone asked me, “what’s wrong?”
Before I could answer a 3rd person said “a yid cries by davening and we wonder whats wrong? We should all cry by davening. WE (those of us who daven like we’re reading a grocery shopping list) are the ones who have somwthing “wrong” with them.
Ok, so perhaps davening like its neelah every day, 3 times a day is a bit extreme. But, speaking for myself at least, a little more “bren” would not be a bad thing.
Besides, GAW has point. There may have been a special circumstance that trigered the outburst. Dan l’kaf zechus is a safe choice.