I know what you mean about having difficulty handling emotions when you do have them. I'm similar. I've started by trying to recognize what emotion I'm having, because that's been a difficult thing for me to do since I put less value on them than a lot of people. It helps me keep them from building up. For me it's the hardest to deal with other people being emotional. So I can relate with what you're saying there.
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my GP once used that same phrase!!! I have one extreme and the other (i.e no emotions or massive sudden overreactive emotions) but no middle ground as it were.
as has been said wheither it's good or bad is subjective, it depends upon how it effects you personally or your relationships with others perhaps
That sounds like your GP isn't very understanding. I sometimes get rage, like your extreme emotions. Just like you, I don't get "normal" emotional experiences.
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I am very emotionless alot of the time, i put it down to aspergers, but i've noticed it's alot worse since i started anti-psychotic meds. When i do get emotions they are often very intense especially anger/rage and sandess, but i sometimes hate feeling so "empty" all the time.
Yeah I put my lack of emotions down to Asperger's too. Antipsychotic medications can cause the "neuroleptic-induced deficit syndrome", which can actually reduce your emotional capacity.
What is feeling "empty" like? I don't feel empty, I just feel nothing.
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I know what you mean about having difficulty handling emotions when you do have them. I'm similar. I've started by trying to recognize what emotion I'm having, because that's been a difficult thing for me to do since I put less value on them than a lot of people. It helps me keep them from building up. For me it's the hardest to deal with other people being emotional. So I can relate with what you're saying there.
Thanks. My mum is very emotional and when I lived with her I used to find her very hard to deal with. I don't put much value on emotions.
As I once said "I am very much like an android".
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PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
If you don't feel emotion, does that mean you don't get pleasure from things? I know when I'm very depressed I don't experience pleasure from anything, even things I would usually enjoy. It makes life pretty horrible and pointless I find, and when it goes on for a while I start thinking about suicide. What is the point in life if you don't enjoy anything? It is difficult for me to understand - I think my motivations in life are all rooted in what I feel about things. If you don't feel much, what are the motivating forces in your life?
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@Leni: When I feel limited emotion, it's more a limit on emotion towards other people, emotion towards events, etc. I still definitely find pleasure about things. And I get upset. It's just more limited emotions than most people. For me it's not so much empty or pointless, as just I feel a much smaller range of emotions and they aren't as influenced by outside circumstances/other people as a lot of people. It's more that the things I care about are directed to different places than most people, for example social things aren't as important to me. But I'm very passionate about learning, which I suppose is a sort of emotion. So for me personally, it's more about a different way of feeling emotions than none at all, which is why I tend to think about it more as restricted than nonexistent. Hope that explains it at least from my own perspective!
@Steel Maiden: Yeah my mother is the same way. We don't always get along because of it but I've learned to ignore it the best I can.
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What is feeling "empty" like? I don't feel empty, I just feel nothing.
I have mixed feelings on PsychCentral but these are good descriptions. I wouldn't know how to describe it. I feel empty most of the time, but I'm awful at describing emotions.
If you don't feel emotion, does that mean you don't get pleasure from things? I know when I'm very depressed I don't experience pleasure from anything, even things I would usually enjoy. It makes life pretty horrible and pointless I find, and when it goes on for a while I start thinking about suicide. What is the point in life if you don't enjoy anything? It is difficult for me to understand - I think my motivations in life are all rooted in what I feel about things. If you don't feel much, what are the motivating forces in your life?
I get some pleasure from doing things, but it is not hugely strong. So I suppose I do feel some emotion. I am more motivated by accumulating information into my brain rather than any emotional gain.
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@Leni: When I feel limited emotion, it's more a limit on emotion towards other people, emotion towards events, etc. I still definitely find pleasure about things. And I get upset. It's just more limited emotions than most people. For me it's not so much empty or pointless, as just I feel a much smaller range of emotions and they aren't as influenced by outside circumstances/other people as a lot of people. It's more that the things I care about are directed to different places than most people, for example social things aren't as important to me. But I'm very passionate about learning, which I suppose is a sort of emotion. So for me personally, it's more about a different way of feeling emotions than none at all, which is why I tend to think about it more as restricted than nonexistent. Hope that explains it at least from my own perspective!
@Steel Maiden: Yeah my mother is the same way. We don't always get along because of it but I've learned to ignore it the best I can.
That is a good response.
I'm glad you've found ways to ignore it; I don't manage highly emotional/expressive people that well. It tires me out.
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I have mixed feelings on PsychCentral but these are good descriptions. I wouldn't know how to describe it. I feel empty most of the time, but I'm awful at describing emotions.
Thank you, that is a good article. Feeling empty sounds uncomfortable and distressing.
PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
