[Maw95]

I miss feeling my emotions, if it makes sense. I didn't realize that feelings and emotions are different things until now.

 

[bintuae]

Me too. I don't feel human anymore. I think loss of emotions is a pig part of why we have dp/dr. I wish there was sth like a drug that brings back emotions.

 

[Maw95]

i'm from the UAE too! Knowing you come from a similar background/culture gives me so much peace :')!

 

[dissoziation]

I feel this a lot. I can still emotions, but not like I used to. I'm not invested as much in things and it makes me feel like shit because of it. Also doesn't help that my emotions tend to build up over time until it gets too bad for me and I break down.

 

[Maw95]

Above that, I still feel like a have to fake it until I make it. I smile or cry depending on the situation because I know it's the right thing to do in such a scenario! However, my facial muscles are reacting but deep down I feel N o t h i n g.

 

[Maw95]

I think, at least for me, it's not exactly that I don't have feelings/can't feel my feelings anymore, it's that my body became so overwhelmed by negative emotions and stress that I dissociated to protect myself. I can coax these feelings to the surface, but it's much more difficult than it used to be. If I were to suddenly come out of DP, I don't think I would be able to handle it because I would be flooded by all these old emotions at once and I would just dissociate again. I think I need to try to release my emotions very very slowly in therapy/with safe people, and that this will gradually bring me out of DP.

But wouldn't you rather feel your emotions than feeling nothing? I would do anything to get my old self back ..
Life is literally meaningless without emotions.
Sometimes its good to experience bad/negative things so you would acknowledge and appreciate people/events/your health and be thankful♡

 

[Maw95]

Me too. I don't feel human anymore. I think loss of emotions is a pig part of why we have dp/dr. I wish there was sth like a drug that brings back emotions.

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Posted Today, 08:02 PM

i'm from the UAE too! Knowing you come from a similar background/culture gives me so much peace :')!

 

[freezeup]

They do end up coming back, very slowly though. Its hard for me to even articulate how weird recovering from DP is. I go through stages where I get bursts of emotion and it feels completely overwhelming to me. I think we all need to learn to process our emotions (negative and positive) in healthier ways.

 

[Ezio]

For me this feeling is heaven because when i was normal i waa always being trapped by my emotions .. so i saw this symptom from the bright side .. actually your emotions still there.. you still can be depressed or crying on anything you want ..being happy about your new game console.. even if you check your topic title it says (i miss) having emotions and you didn't say something like (go to the hell) my emotions . but you just can't feel it like is any emotions there ..okay some of us maybe will experience something horrible like loosing someone he really love love .. and the next day he will say i saw him/her get buried without dropping any tear .. well i wish if that's happen to me when i lose my grandfather ..i was crying on him in every second for weeks even i lost the ability to sleep what did i get from those horrible moments? Absolutely nothing except the pain .. my point is you have to seek about the bright side. .and try to do not focusing on the dark side and you will notice that your emotions will return slowly

 

[Maw95]

For me this feeling is heaven because when i was normal i waa always being trapped by my emotions .. so i saw this symptom from the bright side .. actually your emotions still there.. you still can be depressed or crying on anything you want ..being happy about your new game console.. even if you check your topic title it says (i miss) having emotions and you didn't say something like (go to the hell) my emotions . but you just can't feel it like is any emotions there ..okay some of us maybe will experience something horrible like loosing someone he really love love .. and the next day he will say i saw him/her get buried without dropping any tear .. well i wish if that's happen to me when i lose my grandfather ..i was crying on him in every second for weeks even i lost the ability to sleep what did i get from those horrible moments? Absolutely nothing except the pain .. my point is you have to seek about the bright side. .and try to do not focusing on the dark side and you will notice that your emotions will return slowly

When I say "I miss" I mean it in a sense that i'm lacking emotions. & speaking of death, I lost a very close family friend and my cousin who I grew up with and I felt nothing. I was faking my my sadness ( its a horrible thing to say but its true).

 

[bintuae]

DPSH Members6 posts

Posted Today, 08:02 PM

i'm from the UAE too! Knowing you come from a similar background/culture gives me so much peace :')!

Oh really? Nice to meet you then.

 

[Ezio]

When I say "I miss" I mean it in a sense that i'm lacking emotions. & speaking of death, I lost a very close family friend and my cousin who I grew up with and I felt nothing. I was faking my my sadness ( its a horrible thing to say but its true).

I know how it feels like .. everything will return to you ..you have to stop being anxious and you have to see it from the bright side bro ..you will get through it

 

[Mannyj715]

I like not having emotions. Girls usually love it to they take my lack of emotions. They take it as im uninterested but really they dont feel real to me lol... I do miss being happy and not having this feeling of dread. I guess you have a point.

 

[106473]

I've tried 14 medications and for me Mirtazapine, took 3 months, yep well over the 6-8 (2 months) but after 3 they hit me like a smack in the mouth and i've tired all 14 for that time, minus just a couple, so it maybe one drug away..... but yeah god dam, it's hard as without emotions, total fake it job