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Originally Posted by Araya
Do you have an internal monologue alongside any of your 'emotional' states which might point towards something real being there instead of just adrenaline? The presence of an adrenaline rush may overwhelm emotion, but it doesn't necessarily mean one isn't there. Like, for instance, if I feel anger I might think things like 'how dare he?' and get a sense of injustice over a perceived wrong. Something which causes the emotion. Or would you describe your 'rages' as more of a fight/flight response?
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I don't recall any internal dialogue whilst in a fit of rage. However I do have internal dialogue without feeling emotion. Well, it's usually external dialogue. I just read in an article that those fits of rage are probably just an instinctual response, like fight/flight but not to a perceived threat.
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I guess what I'm trying to figure out is whether you don't experience emotion at all, or if the emotion you do have is just extremely stunted. I can understand how a more complex reaction to emotion, such as empathy, could be lost in either case.
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That's what I'm trying to figure out, lol. I think I do feel stunted emotion. But I don't really know the difference between superficial and real emotion, so it's hard to say.