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Originally Posted by my3sns
depressed is my emotion... i DONT cry , get angry , get hurt , feel happy , feel scared , i dont laugh ... its basically always the same and has been for years... despite many years of therapy and meds ... i just dont know how to feel like most people i guess .... is there really ANY hope
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you might want to revisit some of your past posts when you feel like this. they can help you to see that you do have emotions and can feel a wide range of emotions. I found many references to your emotions like fear, anxiety, depressed, feeling like you are stupid (which I do not think of you as stupid), funny, nuts, sad, feeling like you are afraid, like your going to cry, scared, shocked at things your treatment providers have said to you, shakey, spiraling out of control, ashamed, embarrassed, a sense of responsibility, ...
these are all examples of you discribing how you feel emotionally and there are many more postings by you I did not read yet..
so when you get to feeling like you dont ave any emotions go back and read all your own posts here. they will show you, that you are normal and can feel a wide range of feelings..
that said its quite normal for people with PTSD, and depression, and survivors of child sexual abuse and even people who have had their problems with drugs and alcohol to have times when they feel numb/ lack of affect (no feelings) or in your words not having any emotions.
even medications can cause problems with being able to feel emotional things from time to time.
talk with your treatment providers they can adjust your meds if thats whats causing your present bout with lack of affect. they can also teach you ways to be more in tune with your body and things you go through so that you can recognize all these emotions that you do have and feel.