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Old Jun 01, 2010, 07:49 PM
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Thanks everyone for your answers and concerns. 'Preciate it. But I can't learn to feel these emotions. Trust me, I've tried ... with the help of my therapist ... when I was still in therapy ... My lack of feeling frustrated him to no end ...

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Originally Posted by lynn P. View Post
I would like to know what emotions you feel? Like when your baby was born a few months ago - what did you feel? When you watch something really funny, do you laugh until your stomach hurts? When someone in your family dies or gets seriously hurt - how do you feel?
In all three scenarios ... a whole lotta nothin'. The only time I feel any semblance of what might be called emotion is when I get something I want or I fail to get something I want. A challenge is pretty exciting too. And, when I do succeed in something, the only "emotion" I get is very short lived, and probably superficial. But I don't really know the difference between superficial and real when it comes to emotions, so it's hard to say. It feels like ... I smile a bit, for a few minutes (and a lot of my smiles are feigned) ... and I suppose, enjoy it? I don't know... it's hard to explain. And my memories are completely void of emotion. So, whenever I recall something that was by definition "joyous" and recall that I was, at the time, joyful, I don't remember what I felt... I only remember that I was smiling, therefore I must have been joyful. Does that make any sense? Is that normal?

I don't even know if the emotions I seem to have are real, or if they're simply a reflection of other people's reactions. For example ... At my aunt's funeral, there were three groups of people: the "cryers", those folks who'd rather laugh over reminiscent stories of the deceased ... and my cousin, Billy, who'd rather talk about the latest sports score. As I migrated among these groups, my "emotions" changed. With the "reminiscers" and Billy, I laughed and joked about my aunt and discussed sports teams, although I didn't find any of their jokes or stories to be particularly funny, nor do I care for sports. Among the "criers", I appeared sad and even shed a few tears. I was really close to my aunt, and I thought her to be a strong, yet kind woman. But, the entire time, I felt nothing inside.

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There are times when I sometimes wish I didn't have emotions.
Don't wish that. It's a very empty "feeling", and most of us end up in prison or hurting the ones that try to love us, even if we don't mean to.
Thanks for this!
lynn P.