I think that numbness that you're describing can also be described either as depression or PTSD, both of which can adversely affect a person. Have you experienced either of those issues?
yeah i feel all of you.. its just a hopeless dread. nothing matters, no one matters. i think mine started after a death of a loved one and a big breakup. i can consciously remember telling myself to close up my heart so i will never be hurt like that again. i also stopped paxil cr cold turkey. i wish i could feel just an ounce of something, even depression, it would be better than this absolute black nothingness. i just keep praying to God to fill my heart up... maybe one day.
where's the book list i feel exactly the same and could really use direction like suggested books
are you still 'feeling' like this guys?
i'm like this for four years now and i took many ads but nothing made me feel again..
did anybody recover???
please answear..
dont know what to do..
i'm like this for four years now and i took many ads but nothing made me feel again..
did anybody recover???
please answear..
dont know what to do..
I am the same way! I am emotionally numb and haven't been able to feel emotions for a couple months and it has gotten worse.
I am feeling the same way, to a certain degree. Mine has happened after having thyroid cancer and having my thyroid removed. The cancer is not terminal by any means, but my hormones are now all over the place. I also (like the very first person posted in this thread) had a panic attack. Mine was after a verbal altercation with one relative about something very painful that another (closer) relative did to me behind my back. This had been painful, ongoing drama. I distinctly remember after the panic attack a sensation as if someone had CLICKED OFF a light switch. When that happened, I felt BLANK. It scared me because I had never felt this before. It also goes again my religious training, etc., to simply not care, but I don't. There is no anger....nothing.
I must admit, it is rather liberating, but it is also very scary. I feel that this could become a way of life for me and I don't like it. I am going to my doctor in the morning to discuss the panic attack. Maybe whatever I take for it will also help with this problem.
I must admit, it is rather liberating, but it is also very scary. I feel that this could become a way of life for me and I don't like it. I am going to my doctor in the morning to discuss the panic attack. Maybe whatever I take for it will also help with this problem.
oh yeah i can relate, and i think we all can, i am in the same position as all of you, and i didnt want to sit on my ass, i tried to dig myself out of it, but its sooooo hard, i dont care about anything, work, school, friends, everything has become irrevelant, but then i remember something from my psychology class, that settings goals can help, but im kinda stuck, since everything just seems boring, my old hobbies, painting, bicycling,basketball, even playing my cello, they are all long goals and i know they can help me out, but I am stuck, i know setting longterm goals can help, but they just seem irrelevant, bah! damn paradox, being with my friends help, but anytime they suggest anything im apathetic about it, or if they want to even hang out, im apathetic about it, after i get home from work, i dont even know why i am in such a rush to leave work, when all i do is sit in bed all day and stare at the wall, just not feeling angry or happy or sad, just like you guys referred to it, "numb"
Hi there, I feel exactly the same way as all of you described. Is this depression or something else?? If its not depression then why do I feel so helpless and unmotivated? If it is not depression then how can this condition be healed. For me it happened after a severe panic attack, before that I was fine, I could feel normal emotions like happiness, joy, etc. Now I can still feel certain emotions like sadness, anger and being scared but I cannot "feel" happy about anything. I am constantly flat all the time. I wake up in the morning and feel the same all day for the past 3 years. My husband has noticed a difference on me too and now is saying he is loosing feelings for me. I am devestated and don't know what to do anymore.
Has anyone healed from this? What might help with this. If this is caused by supressing certain emotions then what emotions am I supressing since the panic attacks? I don't really know. Maybe, I have blocked out happy emotions because of fear after the panic attacks? Or did the panic attakcs cause depression? I am so confused. Every doctor and therapist I have talked to does not think its depression just because depressed people have different symptoms. But I have also heard depresson causes emotional numbness.
I just want to feel again, anything but to have the actual feelings back! Any feedback would be appreciated?
Has anyone healed from this? What might help with this. If this is caused by supressing certain emotions then what emotions am I supressing since the panic attacks? I don't really know. Maybe, I have blocked out happy emotions because of fear after the panic attacks? Or did the panic attakcs cause depression? I am so confused. Every doctor and therapist I have talked to does not think its depression just because depressed people have different symptoms. But I have also heard depresson causes emotional numbness.
I just want to feel again, anything but to have the actual feelings back! Any feedback would be appreciated?
Hey guys,
I can relate to some of the stuff that you guys have mentioned. I have been feeling numb for quite a few years now. When I do feel emotions they are negative 95% of the time. I'm not sure when I started feeling this way but I do know that it is my survival mechanism-when all drama goes down I'm able to brush it off. I don't let peoples insults and verbal and emotional abuse get to me and I don't trust anyone with my emotions either. I'm afraid I won't be able to cope with the volcano of emotions that are bound to appear if I try counselling. I can't deal with that right now but it seems like I have to force myself to try that as my life has been standing still for the last 8 years and I feel like I'm slowly dying and disappearing into nothingness. Less than a shadow of myself.
I can relate to some of the stuff that you guys have mentioned. I have been feeling numb for quite a few years now. When I do feel emotions they are negative 95% of the time. I'm not sure when I started feeling this way but I do know that it is my survival mechanism-when all drama goes down I'm able to brush it off. I don't let peoples insults and verbal and emotional abuse get to me and I don't trust anyone with my emotions either. I'm afraid I won't be able to cope with the volcano of emotions that are bound to appear if I try counselling. I can't deal with that right now but it seems like I have to force myself to try that as my life has been standing still for the last 8 years and I feel like I'm slowly dying and disappearing into nothingness. Less than a shadow of myself.
I just wanted to say that I understand this emotionally numb predicament. I am a 22 year old male and I have been numb since I was...born i would say. I always faked emotion and even had myself fooled that I felt. If I were to think about it, honestly and introspectively, I realize that if my friends were to die... I wouldn't even care. I seek friends for the social aspect of "doing things" or something to that affect, but the people themselves mean nothing to me. If they don't mean anything to me, what will? I just question whether I am human at all.
I have always been painfully logical, to the point that I come across as rude or arrogant but that is never my intention. I think it could be possible to be too "left-brained" for your own well-being. On a lesser note the only thing that makes me feel is classical music, during a classical song i get a glimpse of life.
I know everyone here has the same type problems and are all asking the same type questions. My biggest concern is am I depressed or might I have anti-social personality disorder. I am not malicious, but I don't understand human interaction. I have problems conversing with my parents with out acting (lying) to try and appear normal. Small talk infuriates me because there is no point to it. No one actually cares "how you are" or "what you have been up to" they are just sending "friendly" vibes that say we should behave a certain way because we are familiar with each other. But I just stand there and look dumbfounded or i sigh and walk away. Are people that disappointing or uninteresting/disgusting to any of you? It is a daily struggle to not be misanthropic.
Should I just end it, assuage any guilt in a well composed note, and tell them it was for nihilistic reasons rather than depression or sadness? Because wtf is the point to anything, we are just some lumps of DNA in a spec of the universe yet we are so egocentric we think life is special.
I don't know what I hoped to gain from this post, but thanks for reading.
I have always been painfully logical, to the point that I come across as rude or arrogant but that is never my intention. I think it could be possible to be too "left-brained" for your own well-being. On a lesser note the only thing that makes me feel is classical music, during a classical song i get a glimpse of life.
I know everyone here has the same type problems and are all asking the same type questions. My biggest concern is am I depressed or might I have anti-social personality disorder. I am not malicious, but I don't understand human interaction. I have problems conversing with my parents with out acting (lying) to try and appear normal. Small talk infuriates me because there is no point to it. No one actually cares "how you are" or "what you have been up to" they are just sending "friendly" vibes that say we should behave a certain way because we are familiar with each other. But I just stand there and look dumbfounded or i sigh and walk away. Are people that disappointing or uninteresting/disgusting to any of you? It is a daily struggle to not be misanthropic.
Should I just end it, assuage any guilt in a well composed note, and tell them it was for nihilistic reasons rather than depression or sadness? Because wtf is the point to anything, we are just some lumps of DNA in a spec of the universe yet we are so egocentric we think life is special.
I don't know what I hoped to gain from this post, but thanks for reading.
I've felt this way many times before. it's constant, I feel happy sometimes but other times it's just nothing.
It's called Depersonalization Disorder.
According to Wikipedia, it is defined as:
Depersonalization disorder (DPD) is a dissociative disorder in which the sufferer is affected by persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization and/or derealization. Diagnostic criteria include persistent or recurrent experiences of feeling detached from one's mental processes or body.[1] The symptoms include a sense of automation, going through the motions of life but not experiencing it, feeling as though one is in a movie, feeling as though one is in a dream, feeling a disconnection from one's body; out-of-body experience, a detachment from one's body, environment and difficulty relating oneself to reality.
hope this helps.
it helped me a lot.
It's called Depersonalization Disorder.
According to Wikipedia, it is defined as:
Depersonalization disorder (DPD) is a dissociative disorder in which the sufferer is affected by persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization and/or derealization. Diagnostic criteria include persistent or recurrent experiences of feeling detached from one's mental processes or body.[1] The symptoms include a sense of automation, going through the motions of life but not experiencing it, feeling as though one is in a movie, feeling as though one is in a dream, feeling a disconnection from one's body; out-of-body experience, a detachment from one's body, environment and difficulty relating oneself to reality.
hope this helps.
it helped me a lot.
im a boy with 14 years old and im numb since my girlfriend cutted me ive had a week o f depression then nothing i cant feel the emotional pain but sometimes i get a strange happiness wich i call fake happines because i doesnt fell good when im "happy", Is that being emotional numb?
My boyfriend n i love each othr vry much....bt nw dre has been a prob...he says he has becum emotionaly dead or numb, as u all hav mentioned here....i want to help hm but i dnt noe wat to do.....can ne of u help me...??......plzzzzzzzz
Omg I feel the exact same way and when my friend talks to me I don't even care. I feel worried and bad that I fell nothing if you find out more about this in form me plz
Omg I feel the exact same way and when my friend talks to me I don't even care. I feel worried and bad that I fell nothing if you find out more about this in form me plz