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Default Jul 15, 2016 at 06:57 PM
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Has anyone here ever experienced it and gotten better with therapy?What do you normally do in therapy?Thanks in advance.
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The Skeezyks has tried therapy a few times over the years. It was unhelpful. He has instead turned to Buddhist practice to find peace. The Buddha was once asked if a bad person can achieve enlightenment. He replied it is possible... but it would be difficult. The Skeezyks is working on it...

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Default Jul 16, 2016 at 10:41 AM
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i dont want peace i just want to feel again
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You might try asking your question in the psychotherapy forum.

I have benefited from therapy but I did not suffer from emotional detachment.
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"Emotional detachment can mean two different things:

In the first meaning, it refers to an inability to connect with others on an emotional level, as well as a means of coping with anxiety by avoiding certain situations that trigger it; it is often described as "emotional numbing" or dissociation.

In the second sense, it is a type of mental assertiveness that allows people to maintain their boundaries and psychic integrity when faced with the emotional demands of another person or group of persons."
(I put this definition up because I'm not so sure everyone realizes the second part of this definition and thought it would be helpful)

I fall under the second case. I throw up walls and boundaries to protect myself. This is in part due to a history of emotional bullying and being discounted socially. Hence self-worth issues are connected to this.
It is a safety net for me.

Therapy? Yes, it has helped. We've haven't specifically worked on the detachment issues as we have the self-worth. Doing so has affected many of my other issues - including my apparent coldness and sense of detachment from situations both socially and in the work environment
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