Hey there. Sorry I am a little late coming in on this subject. (on the plus side maybe this will give your thread new life) ANY WAY... I was reading threw friends stories this morning and came across yours. Your thread made me think.

I have a huge lack of association with feelings. I totally understand the "throwing in a haha" at a joke. I am not real sure what my own laugh sounds like. I ache to cry, my chest will hurt, my eyes will hurt, but nothing. I was led to believe as a youngster that if your feelings were not positive then keep it to your self. And laughter was annoying. Children were to be seen and not to be heard.

In my case as time went on adding some abuse to the situation, and having someone evil feed off my emotions. (joy if I was hurting, anger if I was happy) I just learned to skip the emotions all together. Now I cannot seem to reclaim my emotions at all.

I shared this with you to show that not all lack of emotion is chemical related. Though I will agree psych meds do dull emotions, that is for sure. Have you had events in your life that may have led to being tought to ignore your emotions?