I don’t think i’m emotional enough

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I’m 18 year old female and feel like I’m not really connected with my emotions and like I seem cold sometimes. What I mean by that is when someone is crying I can just stare at them and not feel a thing even when it comes to my own mom. I’ll even hear horrible stories once about a mom who lost her daughter to cancer and the daughters baby also died everyone who heard the story seemed all concerned and felt down I didn’t feel a thing at all. I also work as a vet tech intern so I’ve seen quiet a few animals being put down I wasn’t feeling depressed about it and I just continued my day rocking out to music. I’m not entirely sure if that’s normal or not I’m a bit concerned I feel like I should be a bit more emotional when it comes to things like that but I’m not.

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  • DIO
    4 years ago

    There's no "right" way or "wrong" way to feel things.
    You just feel how you can. I'd probably wouldn't be moved either about a mom losing her baby unless it's a really close relative of me. I can't stand cat suffering though.
    Just be yourself. You don't have to force yourself to feel things you don't.
    I'm sure you're a lovely person.

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  • Wellyoudliketoknoweh
    4 years ago

    Sometimes ur just not that emotional. If u were once and it faded, that would be concerning, but if u never were, I guess that’s just how it is

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    • theyushdance
      4 years ago

      Thanks for the feedback

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  • SFG123
    4 years ago

    if you want to be more emotional about this be more emotional in general and cry over smaller things then when you hear stories like that you will want to cry more (you don't have to take my advice)

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  • bigbudchonga
    4 years ago

    Not normal, but not necessarily a bad thing. So long as you have good morals. For instance, let's say you didn't get sad when your mum was crying but you wanted to cheer her up/ wanted her to stop then that's fine. So long as you have a moral responsibility to these situations then not getting bogged down in negative emotions may actually be a positive thing for you.

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  • d0esnormalmatter
    4 years ago

    About people yes you should be concerned but animals? Do you think most poeple care that much about animals? You condition seems normal.

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    • theyushdance
      4 years ago

      Yes sometimes I even feel more sympathetic to animals than a human probably why studying to be a vet

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      • d0esnormalmatter
        4 years ago

        More than humans? That is seriously messed up that you lack compassion for your own kind. I hope your kidding.

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        • Wellyoudliketoknoweh
          4 years ago

          Humans are evil, animals are just following their instincts

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          • d0esnormalmatter
            4 years ago

            Disagree. I don't think all humans are evil, its a minority.

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    • Wellyoudliketoknoweh
      4 years ago

      Yes they do. At least here dude
      Well but again Europe is more into that stuff

      Which reminds me about the day after tomorrow. Join the demonstrations dudes who live around the area of one

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  • Oddmeme
    4 years ago

    I mean, some people are more emotional than others. Seems you've just gotten so used to depressing situations, that it doesn't affect you much. Or another possibility is that you just shut it all out. You don't want to be depressed by it, so you just ignore it. There's probably a bunch more possibilities, but those are some of the main ones.

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    • theyushdance
      4 years ago

      You’re more than likely right actually thanks.

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