Just want to say I know what you mean! I am starting therapy only recently and am hoping this will help me get to my emotions someday.
I once was in a terrible fire, saw a woman burn to death and I was unmoved. When my friends are crying right next to me, I am unmoved. The only thing that reassures me that I DO HAVE the emotions is that I can feel them when they are further away. So, something on TV that strikes me as sad and beautiful at the same time.. I'll feel a tear well up. (It's gone pretty instantly, but hey.. it's something)
I recently tried to identify when I do and don't feel and I recognise the pattern of
- Close by: me, family, friends, people I know > don't feel a thing
- Far away: tv, newspaper clipping, youtube clip > might feel a thing
From what I read so far it can be due to the emotional neglect and abuse I suffered (suffering feels silly to use, because I don't feel any pain thinking about this). I hope my therapist and I can figure out how to get to them feelings!
So yeh. Just hope you can figure it out! Are you in therapy? It might be the only way. I don't know yet.