Is it normal that it seems like i'm faking how i feel?

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Something I've been noticing is that I have to put effort into feeling something. Like, I'm extremely hard to phase. My father died a few months ago and I barely reacted, my mom went to jail last night and I'm not reacting, I found out that my mom's boyfriend beat the hell out of my dog and though it's a despicable thing and my opinion on the subject is that he's a shitty person who needs to be in jail rather than my mom I don't actually feel anything.

Like, it's not because I don't care. I care immensely about these things but I don't feel anything. I have to fake reactions to pretty much everything nowadays so people don't think I'm a sociopath or something and I'm just? What the hell man?

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  • INSANE710
    6 years ago

    Your numb and that's normal but I hope you do get better and are able to feel again

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  • SpongeBobSquareBants
    6 years ago

    You should warn him now that you feel like you're disconnected from your emotions, you don't want him to notice before you tell him and then break-up, thinking you don't like him. You could just tell him that you've experienced some extreme things and you aren't really sure how you feel about the little things right now. That's pretty reasonable as a response to the things you've described.

    F.Y.I. I'm 90% sure that the above situation is actually what's happened, you've seen serious stuff lately, so now everything seems monotonous and unworthy of a reaction. Maybe try talking to a therapist about this though, could be something to look in to before it interferes in your life.

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  • wakemeupinside
    6 years ago

    Anhedonia is the inability to feel pleasure I believe.
    The issue at hand isn't physical or anything, I'm just kind of robotic. Like I have to calculate my reactions, they're fake. Thanks for trying to help though!

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  • bulbasaur64
    6 years ago

    You've been through a lot, and feeling numb is quite a common response to grief or trauma.

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    • wakemeupinside
      6 years ago

      Is it supposed to be lasting? Because being forced to act out reactions as I believe a normal person would is rather tiring. Everything is so premeditated.

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      • bulbasaur64
        6 years ago

        It should gradually goes away as you process things, but might take some time.

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  • SpongeBobSquareBants
    6 years ago

    I felt similarly, I really didn't have anything I felt an emotion response to, and it lasted around a year. That was until my ex-girlfriend started talking to someone new, snapped me out of it pretty damn fast.

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