I don't know if I can explain this, but I feel strange. There's this emotion that I cannot explain. I don't feel happy, sad, angry or anything. I've found myself a few times just sitting there and thinking nothing. Does anyone know what's wrong? I started thinking there must be something happening to me. Something happened in my life that I should be upset about and all I thought was, oh okay. All I seem to want to do is sleep. Not because I'm tired or down, but I don't know why I should be awake, does that make sense? Have I become numb? I think I'm becoming heartless, or at least that's what I'm told. Everything I say is monotone, no matter what the situation. Help!
Help! I think I have lost my emotions
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LittleMan
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It sounds like anhedoia to me - a sort of lack of emotions you sometimes get when you are depressed. I have suffered from anhedonia for over a year now and sometimes I do feel like you, and it is very disconcerting.
Lithium is right, that it could be a phase, but if you have ever had depression before, or you think you might have it, you might find talking about it with your doctor to help.
I hope this helps you, Jay.
Lithium is right, that it could be a phase, but if you have ever had depression before, or you think you might have it, you might find talking about it with your doctor to help.
I hope this helps you, Jay.
It reminds me of that book Camus wrote, the stranger or the foreigner... it starts with someone saying something like "yesterday my mother died, or was it the day before?", so he doesn´t remember when his mother died because he doesn´t give a shit cause he doesn´t feel a thing and later on this "not giving a shit" will be used against him in a trial to prove that he is some kind of savage beast that deserves to die.
The good thing is that at the end he is condemned to die and he doesn´t give a shit either, and when a priest comes by to give him absolution, he says he doesn´t want any and then the priest insists on keeping him company and the stranger says he doesnt want his company because he wants to enjoy the feeling of being alive the little time he has left because he knows there is nothing beyond death, thank god.
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DarkSeeker
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You aren't really not feeling anything , you just feel that you feel nothing...
To get out of this I usually try to use my own curiosity or whatever to trick me into trying new stuff until I find something new, original, exciting and unsuspected.
It could be a story I read/wrote, me goofing around the house, trying new approaches with routine things like cleaning or exercising, or it could simply be an arranged/unexpected encounter with someone.
You name it you found it.
To get out of this I usually try to use my own curiosity or whatever to trick me into trying new stuff until I find something new, original, exciting and unsuspected.
It could be a story I read/wrote, me goofing around the house, trying new approaches with routine things like cleaning or exercising, or it could simply be an arranged/unexpected encounter with someone.
You name it you found it.
Lost Girl
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I've been feeling like this for the past few days and its getting worse. I get it every few months. But even though I feel emotionally numbed, I bite everyones head off around me and am quite aggressive. D: So even though I feel like I feel no emotion and completely disconnected even from myself - I guess I'm angry? Or at least it would seem that way. I don't know, but I wish it would stop.
yomisma19
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Hi, For a while I have been like you: I didn't feel anything.. then it was disconcerting to me, i was frightened, it was something i can't to control. This is a phase if you are depressed, maybe your brain is seized up. If the mind doesn't work...it would be good to use the body...(doing phsysical exercises for example, it is good to liberate endorphins) just IN MY OPINION 
