I have almost no emotional reaction?

Happens to me too

I think its pretty normal. "Normal" people exaggerate their actual feelings to the point where they cant tell between their actual feelings and exaggerated feelings. Leading them to believe that people have lots and lots a feelings all the time. WELL, that is at least what I think.

When I get presents and stuff or some one leaves to another country I think I feel happy/sad and express that because of habit and I think I should but in reality when I think about it I really dont feel that way at all.

Okay, I am a strange example, i am definitely obsessive compulsive, but only in the mild sense that i like even numbers and uniformity whenever possible. I do not,however bend myself out of shape when these things require more effort than reward (at least not much, still more than your average dummy.). I have an extremely high i.q. and memory, and I have lived an extremely volatile, and harsh life since about 8 years old. I do not know which of these factors to attribute my apathy to, but it is there, in force. I honestly can imagine both a delayed and a cold rational reaction to my own mother dying, whom I've been through thick and thin with.I seem to have this cold, logical, rationale hardwired into my brain, but cant say if it's intellect, o.c.d. or apathetic emotional responses due to years of heartbreak, but I can tell you one thing, you are not abnormal for seeing things as they are, flat and emotionless, perception doesn't have a goddamn thing to do with reality or facts and unperceptive eye see's only what is front of it.Yeah I crack jokes when horrible things happen, but I have learned the individual lines that each person I know AND care about have drawn in the sand. So when I do make an attempt at tragic levity, it's appreciated, USUALLY. This state of being really can be a strength, if you learn to use it to an advantage, never doubt yourself. Long story short, why would you want to be emotional, outside of your family and spouse, and then, even if emotions never grow, as long as you have a moral compass, you will only be seen as the "rock" of the family, is taht so bad? that is the way I had to spin it.

I'm very much the same, especially for when bad things happen I don't have emotional reactions at all, I'm almost never surprised, ... I wonder what you mean when you say you know what is going to happen ? I also wonder if you've had a difficult life because it seems to be a frequent reason why people don't feel much emotions, as a sort of shield from pain, but it's not my case at all so I'm curious.

As an autistic person i can tell you i am the same its a trait of autisim

Do you have close relationships with other people?

thats because people these days are all about things. the reason y u feel happy is because u r filling your self up with true happiness

well maybe you are even more rational than me...
people always say i've to think with my heart some times and when i did i actually ended heart broken.
because of it i stopped believing in love... i don't know why i just don't think love exists... but that's another story.

i'm always laughting and smiling and running to everywhere and i'm very excentrical but that's just how i am.
i get excited very easily but that doesn't mean i'm happy or unhappy. i'm a really good actress so sometimes i pretend i'm suprised or that i'm happy...
when things get messy i'm never emotional. never. i don't know why. is terrible we need to try to change... really. try to think with your heart sometimes you might have a good suprise. i didn't but who knows? maybe you do... if we open ourselfs to other people two things might happen: you simple die inside or you actually end up happy...

you choose

some people just arnt ery emotional, i used be alot like that, i geuss it was just a phase for me whatever