Hi everyone.

I used to be a pretty happy person in the past year or so. I graduated high school, which was a tiring ordeal since I went to a rather tough one. I hung out a lot with people who I thought were my friends after the exams were over. In general I felt great. One of those friends then asked me out for drinks. It was an amazing evening and I fell for the person. But for the rest of the summer I experienced a real emotional rollercoaster because we couldn't be in contact very often, and that person felt like one of the few people in my life with whom I felt genuinely comfortable with. Then we met up for a second date after a couple of months, and for some reason I didn't feel much for the person... this wouldn't have troubled me too much otherwise (this kind of thing happens often in life, people have told me) but now I am feeling the same towards music, films and video games. None of those things stimulate me as much as they used to... and I have been having trouble empathising with friends and family, too. Occasionally I will read about or see something that moves me but that feeling is nowhere near as strong as it used to be. Now I just feel apathetic and washed out. It kind of feels like sleepiness. Sometimes I feel it less, but for about a month now I have been feeling truly "flat".

I have talked to my parents about this, because I trust them, and they say the problem will go away... but I think it hasn't. My mother won't take me seriously when I say that I should be going to therapy because I end up feeling better after some time, and this has been true in the past when I had issues with socialising. But I'm really not sure now... This issue has been damaging to my personal life as well. I don't talk to my friends as often as I used to, I don't even like many of them as much as I used to, my hygiene has gotten worse, and I have been having troubles focusing on tasks as well. I feel like I should be really worried about this but I can't even conjure up the energy to cry.