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#1
Oct 05, 2007, 11:50 AM
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I know many of you on PC suffer from depression as do I. I'm very confused at the time because even though my depression seems to be under control I can't seem to feel anything! It's like I am empty inside and I feel no pleasure or joy in anything and this really freakes me out. I don't know if it is the medication or if it is still more subtle symptoms of depression that I am feeling.
Do any of you out there have trouble feeling positive emotions? |
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Oct 05, 2007, 03:11 PM
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(You're not alone)
 (((((((((((((((( LittleMouse )))))))))))))))
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Oct 05, 2007, 04:03 PM
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I have had difficulty feeling any emotions in the past. I know it is difficult and frustrating. I do understand!
Take care of yourself. |
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Oct 05, 2007, 04:59 PM
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Hugs (((((((( LittleMouse )))))))) That's how depression is at times. I go into robot-mode, just doing with no-feeling. I think for me it is a way of coping. Blocking things out in order to function.
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#5
Oct 05, 2007, 06:12 PM
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Indeed, not for me. I get over-emotional but exclusively for painful emotions.
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Oct 05, 2007, 06:23 PM
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It drives me nuts sometimes to only feel negative, painful emotions! I don't know what is wrong with me. Most of the time it seems like I feel nothing and then I will have a surge of very powerful negative emotions. Is this the depression? I'm so confused.
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Oct 05, 2007, 06:38 PM
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It's all part of it. 
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#8
Oct 05, 2007, 08:27 PM
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not feeling anything and feeling only negative emotions is definitely depression. i know as i've been there too long. ((((mouse)))) i understand totally.
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Oct 06, 2007, 04:13 PM
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hey littlemouse
my uncle died about 15 years ago. i didn't feel anything and it really shook me. it wasn't until this year i understood why. when i was in the deep part of my depression i couldn't feel sad when sad things happened because i was already as sad as i could be... |
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Oct 07, 2007, 01:33 PM
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I've had that too LittleMouse. Sometimes it occurs as a kind of 'shut-off point', when the mind can't take much more pain. That was my experience anyway.
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Oct 08, 2007, 05:36 AM
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Yes I can certainly relate to the absence of emotion. This was most noticeable when I was on my meds but even after 10 months of med free I get days when I just feel numb and soul-less ....today is one of them
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#12
Oct 09, 2007, 12:49 PM
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I've been feeling this way a lot lately. Total emptiness, anhedonia, just a sinking feeling that if I relax and exhale fully I will not be able to fill my lungs again. I keep trying to find rational reasons for it: bad marriage, stressful job, crazy kids, ..... etc. I can't really find one--other than I am just (*&^up subconsciously and am blind to it. I thing I just need someone to connect the AED and shock me back into the real world.
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