Yes. I can relate. Not much emotional reaction to anything important, parents leaving all the time, illnesses, bad things happening, and I adapt easily. People said I am brave but I think no one paid attention to me so there was no point in feeling or expressing my feelings. It's hard to realize the impact of something when you're right in the middle of it. It's hard to care about things outside yourself when they hurt you.

I think this can be called survival mode.

Of course, I'm very emotional now. Everything gets to me. Everything reminds me of the bad things, but when the bad things actually happen, I don't care.

I was very numb until about now, actually.