I recently realized that when I (18, male, freshman in college, living at home) am being yelled at by my parents I have to ability to completely shut off my emotions. I have been able to do it for as long as I remember, all I do is relax my muscles and stare into nothing and very easily I stop listening to them. I have read online things about people who can also do this but the articles talk about replacing the feeling with anger or fear, neither of which I feel during nor afterwards. I also don't just turn off my emotions randomly, I have great relationships with my friends. I really don't understand it and thats why I am here. I want to understand what I am doing and if I should be worried about it. Side note, I don't think I do it for all painful emotions because when my cats died a few years back I still cried and didn't turn off my emotions.