Is it normal to have trouble adjusting to your emotions after depression?

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Okay... I'm coming out of a serious depression/depersonalization/whatever the fucking thing shuts you off from the world and represses your emotions. I haven't seen a therapist or anyone and I've only recently let my immediate family (Dad and sister) know what I've been dealing with. I do plan on seeing a professional eventually but the timing in my life is making me have to put it off. It sucks, I'll be honest, but I know there are ways to deal with this.

So here's my question; to anyone going through something similar, have you had trouble 'readjusting' to having real emotions again?

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  • Fall_leaves
    9 years ago

    Yeah, It's like learning emotions all over again. I guess when you're absorbed in depression it does feel like the only emotion you know. Like you can remember being happy and sad and what those emotions looked like but you can't remember how they felt.

    I just felt awkward having emotions and being close to people again, it felt good but at the time it was brand new to me. I'm sorry you're going through it but I know it all comes back, just take baby steps you'll find your way.

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    I'm wondering if you're still depressed.

    I'm not sure what exactly depression is since emotions are so difficult for me to understand, but I have gone through periods of not caring about anything and feeling no ambition because of how pointless everything is. Also society can make me incredibly angry. The world seems mostly negative and I feel disappointed that the world has let me down. I'm not sure if that is depression or not but I often have felt absolutely nothing. I will snap out of it though and seek entertainment because it gives life more purpose. It is important to find fun no matter how much bullshit there is.

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