Is it normal to not have the ability to show emotion

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I have problems showing who i am to other people creating sever mask over the original me but through the years of mask and walls i have lost sight of who i am and i think that sometimes i imagine conflicts 10 to 20 times in my head before it plays out. i feel sad alot of the time and sometimes i even catch myself killing everyone around me while they sleep weather they are friends or family. does anxiety cause people to think this way or depression.

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  • RoseIsabella
    10 years ago

    Anxiety and depression both contribute but also fear of rejection, fear of abandonment. Don't be afraid to seek professional help.

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  • somerandomblonde
    10 years ago

    Maybe you can't show emotion because you are afraid of how the people around you will react. This makes you show a side of you that isn't who you really are. From my personal experience, you have to force yourself to lose that fear over time. It's not good for you to feel alone or trapped behind the masks you've created. That feeling can be very claustrophobic and you can end up hurting yourself emotionally because you don't feel normal. People around you aren't always judging you... You may have had bad experiences with people in the past, but that doesn't mean everyone will hurt you. Eventually you will find a person you will want to open up to. You won't have to change completely over night, but you will find that if you try to be less afraid and show little bits of you that you're not scared to show, it will get easier over time. We all have emotions, and we all have different opinions and feelings, and you imagine every possibility before it happens so you're not caught off guard. You just need to be more confident and proud of who you are, and that will make you more open. I think it's more a matter of fear and lack of confidence that it is a "disease". You just need to change your attitude, even if at first you feel uncomfortable about it, you'll feel better and happier over time.

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  • Shwiffft
    10 years ago

    *virtual hug* but I have some similar problems, which I why I spend so much time online where people can't see me.

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago

    You sound like me! You also sound like you need a hug.

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  • nerdyforbooks
    9 years ago

    Im that same way i think everyone gets this you start to feel you lose yourself through the mask of socail convenchen in a way it is kind of like you brainwash yourself into being what everyone wonts you to be heck its one of the reasons my bigist fear is myself

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  • Chasios
    10 years ago

    TY everyone for the feed back.

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  • AntiSpark
    10 years ago

    Hyancith dont like that therefore she wants to fix that for everyone unfortubatly she is more danger than the evilest one sense Genges

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