Will This Numbness Go Away?

[@monamsaleem5017]

My emotional numbness is difficult to deal with specially when everyone in your family believes mental illnesses don't exist.

[@yourfirend7054]

Yeah i can't talk to them about this and also couldn't brjng myself to ask for phycatrist

[@samo917]

Lmao same. We out here on veteran mode

[@yasme9680]

Yea exactly

[@yasme9680]

Worse thing is everything happened in your body you don’t understand

[@austinmoreno2418]

Same. It sucks but i cant talk to them about it sinethey only insult me for it

[@moiduwur3555]

The only thing I fear about having mental numbness is that not reacting or feeling anything when I loose someone

[@rangershake5652]

It makes it better you just kinda go meh while everyone is crying

[@AstroSalamander]

@@rangershake5652 thats how i am rn and i wish i could cry for the people i loved. I personally don't think its better

[@yasme9680]

@@AstroSalamander I have same problem

[@alanadawn5980]

It’s the worse feeling once you’ve healed

[@yasme9680]

@@alanadawn5980 is it any treatment for it ?

[@monicabautista6557]

My aunt died today. I feel nothing. I didn't visit her when she was alive and still I don't feel sorry at all and it stresses me out thinking why I am like this.

[@so-nali]

My granda ma is dying like she can die anytime I have feeling idc at I feel so pathetic for it but I can't act that I'm sad

[@yourfirend7054]

Maybe you didn't shared that much time together And also you might be feeling the regret for not being sad becz everyone is expecting you to be sad I have 2 tips (if you have to attend someone else funeral then) Think about the time you spent with her meanehile also thinking that you can never have that time or could talk to her again Even thinking about my mom or dad passing away makes me cry 2nd. Onions (yeah just just onions)

[@user-gv5hm8po6b]

i can relate to you. remember that you’re not alone.

[@yasme9680]

@@user-gv5hm8po6b I have this problem too

[@_Neena_]

My grandma died in front of me.i was the only grandchild whom she was attached to the most . But I didn't feel anything and I hate this numbness.

[@wazihanokshi2414]

For me... I feel like i just don't care if anything changes...

[@jacktherex9242]

Same :(

[@mhk0022]

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[@yasme9680]

Me too

[@Dr.Food18.]

so my gf has this now and im trying to help her 💜

[@patriciamangeni9572]

W partner

[@bffcupcakes6423]

My bf also. I just hope he can be happy🥰

[@Mskavishka]

Sucks right , I'm going through it now I miss her badly.

[@oxclon]

im here for the same thing

[@rodrigojesus8961]

Respect man, that's the way ✌️🙏😌

[@MichaelJohnson-nj6pc]

I've been emotionally numb since around 2013 - 2014 and it got really really bad ever since 2016 roughly to the point where I almost don't feel anything at all. It feels like it will never go away, it was already really bad. I have sought medical attention too, and recently seeing a doctor that is slightly more qualified. I just don't know how to get back to how i used to It started in 2014 from feeling depressed at school, like everything was grey, fear of being attacked, stressed with homework ect, then. it got even worse with consistent fights at home that were very traumatic, extreme violence where at one point my entire family had to sleep in the same room so no one would get hurt and worried about people coming over an starting fights at 3am I was always in constant terror and sometimes woke up throwing my arms around I just want my emotions back, i cant keep going on feeling like this

[@Lighttowards]

Me as a little kid, I was so bright and do over going and so nice to everyone and the best part was that I was filled with emotions. As I grew up and started to see things that I shouldn't see, made me totally numb. Like when people be like, "OMG look it's so beautiful". I'd just be like, "Yeah". People often thought I was boring to be around with. My numbness has come to a point that I can't cry or feel any kinds of feelings even if I want too. The feels have been stored in me and just makes me terrible everyday. I don't really know how am I going to get through this. Once I mentioned to my parents that I needed medication. They laughed at me. So I Just wanted to let you know that. Despite all these pain and sufferings, I know I'll get through this. I know that everything will be airtight soon. So don't lose hope and keep going no matter what. You'll make it. You'll feel again sooner. Have that positive attitude. We'll make it. Your not alone.

[@ramankarora9880]

Hi friends , hope you are well! . I am Raman and 1 among you who had undergone emotional numbness for about 1 and half year . I am completly fine now. it took me around 8 months frankly speaking to feel again. i have worked harder and harder to during these 7 to 8 months actually to feel my emotions . I had done tons of research to finally come to conclusion that we can again be emotionaly sensitive with some activity , diet , supplements. 1) We have to heal our limbic system of brain , specially cingulare gyrus ( responsible for empathy and compassion) if it is under active it causes various mental and personality disorders like a) Anhedonia b) schizoid personality disorder , c) autism , d) borderline personality e) avoidance personality and so on 2) work on increasing neurotransmitter (love chemical) OXYTOCIN 3) Work on increasing neurotransmitter ( Dopamine , Serotonin and Norepinepharine) resonbile for our craving for socialization and hating isolation 4) 4 to 5 CBT therapy ( only for people with PTSD ) works on subconcious mind 5) Exercise (any) , Yoga (limbic system ), meditation (metta and normal ), 6) Diet Which i will explain 7)supplements which i will explain 8) Safely tapper off antidepressants specially SSRI ( this increased my Emotional blunting and ED) i will guide you on this. If u want my guidance contact me at [e-mail] Thats it . it seems difficult but its very easy! Consultancy charge 5 USD only I have put alot of time and money to gather this information and read lots of books on science of neurology , psychology, homeopathy, Ayurveda, accupressure science for various mental disorders and mirror neurons . What inspired me? i also suffered from Emotional numbness , prefered isolation, so i felt out of love with my girl friend without any reason and didnot enjoy her company anymore despite she was same loving , caring , loyal, was unable to love and like my family either. So i can feel pain of other people as well. Luckily i am just like a normal guy and and no more emotionaly numb!

[@Pretty.but.Psycho420]

After all the abuse and stuff that I have encountered in my past, ever since I’ve been taking the medication, I’d rather not feel any emotions then to be hounded with so many emotions that I don’t want to feel

[@TheVopz]

Same here!

[@rose-mh1ry]

It is scry to me

[@plasterxkillua8088]

At this point I’m just desperate for it to go away.

[@litegameramit6473]

Are you healed

[@Dcaptain25]

I don’t feel anything Like… like if theres a stone in my chest

[@songring1747]

I understand you i really do thats why i believe you should watch this video i think i would really help kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKaUY6aurL2agJo

[@Blatgotyahatty]

Same man 😐

[@ramankarora9880]

you may be feeling a pressure on chest kind of empthy chest?

[@ramankarora9880]

and u dont feel anything

[@ramankarora9880]

or feel little bit of emotions

[@marko78186]

I don't feel nothing, no love, no happines, no saddnes nothing... ans i hate it ... i dont wanna love this way..... it is for like 8 months now i cant live this way... i wanna end it

[@francislee4967]

I don't feel nothing either, not happy or sad, I enjoy sleeping and that's really it, I've been like this about 3 months, I hope it soon passes and I feel it will because I've felt like this 3 times before and my feelings have came back each time so hang on in there and I hope you can feel again soon

[@marko78186]

@@francislee4967 thank youuu you put some hope in me 😄i hope you will feel to

[@farwaghazal1339]

hey you are not alone, you me and many others are suffering from this, i feel dead inside no emotions no motivation, some 5 years ago i used to cry alot and i cried almost everynight for 4 years straight then i took medicines for depression and i thought i am cured from it, now i sometimes think it was better than what i am going through, i felt pain but i felt it, i never felt dead like this but i am not losing the hope i know it will go away, i am just 21 yo , STAY STRONG MAN, i am a girl from pakistan btw haha

[@anastasiashkarpinets1415]

It is my 6th month of the same shit

[@yasme9680]

@@francislee4967 do you have anxiety or panic or depression? This can make apathy if someone one have it for a long time

[@vanshrakwal69]

The only thing the like about numbness is, i can't get hurt even if someone want to make me feel that way

[@peognc6091]

It's getting so much worse these days, I thought it would just go..

[@yasme9680]

What happened you feel like this?

[@peognc6091]

my father's death

[@yasme9680]

@@peognc6091 sorry, how long is you feel like this ? And did you become better?

[@peognc6091]

2016, I don't think I'm getting better Wbu?

[@yasme9680]

@@peognc6091 I am like this in Middle of 2019 and I became good in 2021 ( 80 percent) but I became like this after a panic attack) but I want to try two supplement tryptophan and tyrosine they are good they turn into dopamine and serotonin in the brain it boost good mood:) now small things make me happy seeing the sun and small things make me disappointed but I can’t cry I think it’s because our brain has not much protection like before) where do you live? I live in Germany

[@elizabethbloom3313]

I had my graduation today and Im valedictorian. The whole day and even while I was on stage I couldnt feel anything. This numbness has been going on for a year and today was finally the day that finalized it for me that this IS a problem. I didnt feel anything. No happiness, no anxiety, no anything. Yet my body did feel it. I had palpitations, dizziness, and shaking, yet i couldnt feel the emotional stress, only physical reactions of stress. I shouldve felt something and yet i didnt. i dont know why im like this or how to even heal

[@w3jd4n]

same my birthday came followed by finishing a VERY stressful year, i don’t feel happiness, relieved, sad or anything

[@laurorelivens3338]

Somatic experiencing, u have to feel ur sensations. Lie down, and start focusing on ur body and see what comes up. All the things uve supressed and repressed. It's gonna be intense at 1st. Thank me later

[@heythere9871]

​@@laurorelivens3338have U tried this before and did things improve after you did? Were past traumas healed?

[@DivineLogos]

I don't feel anything when people cross my boundaries. As a child, before the numbness and narcissistic abuse, I would get angry and even fight if I had to. I want to be assertive and happy again. Anyone had the same issue? How long did it last?

[@brandonspringfield2861]

About 1 year for me i used to have a rage that could intimidate most people and actually cause my blood to boil to the point where my adrenaline would cause me to turn bright red brown and be drenched in sweats, now I cant even muster up even a little bit of anger or adrenaline to save my life literally, like I had a huge fire in my house and i didnt feel anything no adrenaline no urgency i just felt blank and numb to the while situation at hand.

[@anastasiashkarpinets1415]

Same

[@DivineLogos]

@@brandonspringfield2861 sorry to hear that. I got the same. Sometimes I pretend to feel the same shit as others just so that I seem like a human instead of a robot.

[@bigdawg1213]

Me too bro

[@DivineLogos]

@Yassine Iky That's a long time...

[@BigWater59]

My psychiatrist who is famous in the mid-west answered a question with total honesty when I asked if chronic PTSD will ever go away and will I ever feel anything other than fear and anger and he told NO. The best I could hope for is controlling the symptoms like depression, anxiety and sleep disorders. PTSD is a shit storm I do wish upon anyone and I wish I could feel something in my life. If your doctor says different then he is lying to prevent suicide.

[@SimeonKirilovX]

guess I'm fucked for life thanks to my damned mother for pushing me into that traumatic workplace

[@camillomancini5619]

@@SimeonKirilovX my mother also caused that to me . For 7 straight years while I was in high school

[@mikewazzupski]

Ever tried psychadelics? (Genuine question)

[@SimeonKirilovX]

​@@mikewazzupskia microdose of shrooms nearly killed me. Hard pass

[@arielkagamine3782]

My numbness is that, I just scared that I want to smile, but my smile might be turning fake, I want to be sad, but I don't know how to be "sad" I want to cry, but I cannot cry because I can't cry I want to be happy, but I don't know what happy is or how happy feel I want to be angry, but I'm too tired to be angry My numbness is just that I don't feel anything and I don't know how to feel it anymore. I kinda missed my old self where I could be carefree and laugh everyday, but now, I'm just my chest feel stuffy and I don't feel anything and I don't even know what the feeling is :/

[@trollzynisaacjohan1793]

My sertraline isn't letting me cry. All I want to do is cry.

[@yasme9680]

Does sertraline help you?

[@suman242]

Guys, you Do feel and your senses work that's why you are here...you are not consciously feeling what you are feeling...you will be okay...as you came here same way just do more of what makes you happy

[@bloodreaper3715]

Man, idk if this is emotional numbness but I don't feel sad or happy anymore, I lost my grandma but I didn't feel any emotions I was like ok while everyone was cryinevwnthough she lived with me, secondly whenever I get an achievement like a medal or appreciation I don't fe the heart pounding moments anymore , I try to act normally Infront of my parents and friends but tbh I feel I'm alone , it's like you don't know when to be happy or sad, feel weird, it's like a box in which I have closed my emotions and they can't get free, I got a new gift from my dad but I didn't feel happy, it feels that even if I become the most richest person i won't be happy or even if someone close to me dies I won't feel crying or being sad, idk what's with me.

[@sharmen4015]

Same man ill share one small experience that happend with me too My moms birthday came and i honestly didnt even know abt that but my brother came to me and reminded me of her birthday and told me hey let's buy her a gift with our money i was like sure why not cuz for me as a person i have 0 interests in money and idc for it at all so we did buy her a gift and we went to her to give her the gift after giving jt to her i saw that my mom was smiling and happy with the gift but for me even though i should be happy for her i felt just nothing i was just staring i tried to force my self to be happy and smill or w.e about that but at the end its the same i still just felt nothing This emotion numbness thing is just weird make no sense came from no where but im just living with it its just like i dont care for anything and i cant care

[@bloodreaper3715]

@@sharmen4015 I've even faced sucidal thoughts, but I guess I'm far away doing it. It's just that life doesn't make any sense man.

[@FRElHEIT]

@Yassine Iky have you tried putting it in rice?

[@kshitijgupta1472]

Hey. Can we get in touch?This is not random. I would genuinely want to talk to you about this emotional numbing.

[@bloodreaper3715]

@@kshitijgupta1472 with me? sure

[@ilas2934]

been like this for 2 years now, dont feel shit nor give a shit bout anything happening in my life. sometimes i wonder if i'll feel something when a close person of mine suddenly dies. but then i think about it and realize i dont have close persons, i dont care about nobody nor myself. it really got to me when my uncle, granddad and aunt got diagnosed with cancer in the same year, i felt nothing, no sadness no empathy nothing. guess thats where i really started realizing how fucked up i was. idek what to do to

[@TexasWench]

I thought I felt numb before, then I started on antipsychotics and now I can't even feel anger, which is the only emotion I had left. I don't know if I can take it.

[@El__Silbon]

I've felt completely numb now for four months. I feel like a zombie. It felt, for a long time, as if the only emotion I had was anger and now there's nothing. I feel flickers of emotion but it doesn't last longer than a few seconds. I wish you the best. I can say from personal experience, I have went through periods of emotional numbness in the past and I came through the other side, each time. Unfortunately I can't remember how I did, it's like a subtle, gradual process. If anything, try to remember that it won't be permanent although it feels that way

[@yasme9680]

Same for me, what happened you feel like this ?

[@yasme9680]

@@El__Silbon what Happened you feel like this ?

[@Itismehh]

@@El__Silbon please help me. i feel like a zombie.

[@texasstyle5315]

The only thing i feel is anger. I don't know i can take it anymore either

[@pk8232]

"being concious to those emotions" like compassion.. for ur own self as well.. is one of the purest gift to u from the ultimate god. & it is very specifically given to u..(ie specific for every human) so u always hv this one responsibility to make urself devoted for this gift.. it is that gift.., if u give it ur love, showed ur affection then it will help u recover frm all kind of hardship.. but if u ignore it then even u r hving all luxury u will feel like loosing the battle anytime. if u love it n nurture it then in happy n victorious time it will guide u the proper way to behave and enjoy the happiness.. god forbid but during the time of grief it will give u a warm company. yes it is your own conciousness which is ur best buddy.. be grateful to be able to understand the value of it.. just knowing this won't stop ur numbness forever but u will have to practice love and affection to ur conciousness as a devine gift of god. but how can someone be affectionate to their own conciousness.. u can meditate and try to recall what u did to make urself happy if not any then what can be done right now.. which may give u fuel to understand and get in sync with ur conciousness.. u may try making a healthy meal for urself as well as someone in need., start learning something which u wanted to. it may seem silly to understand what is stated here.. but give it a try to search from within.

[@klararosengren5314]

I don't feel anything and it scares me to death.

[@klararosengren5314]

Well I guess fear then is the only thing I do feel.

[@asmaemahfoud4276]

Well, it's totally right sir. I started feeling emotional numbness even before I took medications, now I'm kind of flat

[@alondraacosta-mora6504]

same how are you now?? please share

[@cameronauld7722]

Same with me

[@brandonspringfield2861]

@@alondraacosta-mora6504 ive seen you comment on many of vids are you still experiencing anhedonia on a severe level and if so how long have you been experiencing it im 8 months in and have found nothing that really helped. Ever since I woke up and my mind was totally blank and i lost my internal monologue ive never seem to find my old healthy mindset and its getting hard to continue it through.

[@Dave.mcclinton]

@@brandonspringfield2861 was it drug induced ? Or you just start feeling that way ?

[@brandonspringfield2861]

@@Dave.mcclinton I smoked weed at first then stopped once it did something to me and made me start seeing everything in 3d like I could legit see yhe words popping out of my phone screen and T.V and it even got so bad that i started seeing all the hardware inside the devices, but after that experience i was still good annd could still enjoy things just not weed like used to but still found joy in my leisure activities, but a few months later after no weed smoking since that experience my mind just woke up blank I was unable to feel music enjoy movies or working out or playing sports everything became mundane and im still going through it till this day. Im still not experiencing the life like I used to now im just this vessel that fulfills task everyday but have no true aim at what I want to accomplish.

[@sethmitchell1463]

My emotional numbness comes in waves… I look for reassurance in actions and words don’t get through to me I’ve been told so much and actions never backed up the words.. I want to feel so bad but it’s just blank. I detach unconsciously and fall into a depression that feels like it’s never going to end then I Micro analyze every aspect of my life and see it’s just a cycle on repeat and it just makes the numbness worse.. it goes from what initially started it and travels to complete unhappiness with my entire existence..

[@zzizzi02]

This always bothers me whenever I start a medication again after a break. I know it will eventually go away, and actually, feeling nothing is at least better than feeling bad. However, people around me alway try to make me feel better but it never works because they don't understand that I'm not feeling bad but litrrally feeling nothing.

[@yourfirend7054]

Feeling bad is way better than nothing I know it's bad out there for you but there is always a happiness in that bad Feeling and if you know how to live properly by not caring about your flauses then that is worth it always Start feeling goddammit there is way more to life then you have seen You are not a feking machine

[@misere4]

@@yourfirend7054 Neither is better or worse since both can be equally detrimental to ones life; all uncontrolablle extremes are dangerous and negatively affect the life of the one who suffers and the people around him

[@arigatameiwaku]

@@misere4 if someone feels constantly bad,but has comfort from family members,work or hobby it is miles better then being fully emotionally numb,not caring about your family members or hobbies or things you used to love a lot. I was depressed for 2 years but my friends always made me feel better (and my gaming hobby helped to relieve some stress) Now i don't feel anything, I can't play my pc,i can't work with joy like i used to,i don't like nor hate anything in this world right now.

[@CiaraJay]

This!

[@Scotch-z1u]

I love my mom but it’s sad to think if she dies I may feel nothing, I’m trying my best to change tho

[@billyharriton7130]

I got emotional numbness from SSRIs and I am 7 months off them it hasn't went away. I never had this before the drugs. I never had depression either, I took it for panic and anxiety. In fact its getting worse. It also comes at the same time as sexual numbness. When I feel this emotional numbness and void my sexual process is also numb (although it still works). It is always here just sometimes is less numb but it is never like before. I can't even enjoy music. Explain this please.... to me it seems like SSRIs have damaged me permanently.

[@ahriman46]

Me in exact same situation. It was 7 months ago when I lost my ability to feel after being on the ssri medication. How are you feeling now 14 months in Billy? Have you had any signs of recovery?

[@abcofg4420]

according to a mental health professional i saw on she seems very credible regardless if you take medications or not our brain have the ability to like heal and grow. i can't find the video so i cannot tell the exact terms but essentially what she's telling is that even if you take medications do not worry because our brain will heal and even grow something like that and our brain can reset...

[@cindyosei3691]

Hi billy how are you

[@silvesterutd9369]

Google "PSSD"

[@Mayaspiral]

I'm 10 years off of it. Only now do I feel certain emotions starting to creep back but it's still not the same as before I took them.

[@xDrippyG]

It's been 10 months have not felt excited once or anything when I fake happiness 😔😔

[@charityhouze647]

I went to my doctor years ago for fatigue and pain In my joints. She gave me Lexapro. It destroyed my life. I got worse until I lost my job, my home, sent my children away to live with family and near killed myself over a 6 year period. A new doctor discovered that I have a positive ANA in my blood work which turned out to be an auto immune disease that caused such bad fatigue and pain. In the beginning I was given a wrong diagnosis by a doctor that talked to me for 20 minutes and did no other tests. SHE DESTROYED MY FAMILY!!!!! NO DOCTOR SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PRESCRIBE PHYCHE MEDS IF THEY ARE NOT A PHYCH DOCTOR. PERIOD! You should all be sued!

[@thepresentmoment369]

Thank you for saying this and I agree with sueing them. And sucks you went through that. I was not emotionally numb before meds and now it's been about 15 years without emotions and can't seem to get off the effexor. Horrible way to live.

[@charityhouze647]

@@thepresentmoment369 ❤

[@Slidehhy]

How are you now bro

[@Slidehhy]

​@@charityhouze647you OK now ?

[@charityhouze647]

@@Slidehhy not okay

[@terribletall9242]

I hope so... It's wrecked my life.

[@canthole8050]

Never trusted medication due to being poor and unsure but I'm getting more worried as I use to suffer mental breakdown on weekly basis in my youth. Now as I'm a young adult I no longer suffer them but got this black void in me, the first day of having it felt so fucking awful I hated every second of it I would trade every empty feeling for my worst days of hating myself and crying if it meant to feel again like I'm real. I'm worried because I don't know what will make me happy, I know what can make me feel something but every bit of my feelings are flipped upside down. I laugh uncomfortably when my mother cried in front of me and felt euphoric joy when I got beyond angry. I'm worried I'll get the wrong signal and I may breakdown more and not know where it'll take me cause it's gotten worse over the years.

[@chantalduffy5121]

I had a phsyctoic episode back in April and they put me in a mental hospital for a month and a half but before the hospital besides the episode I could feel all my emotions love peace joy crying Now I can't cry in 6 months I believe its from the medications they have me but I also can't love. I hope it goes away I love to release and expierence true feelings.

[@deanasmusic1]

I would never subject myself to any of these medications.

[@cjngjalisco3497]

Hey doc. I have a question for you, what if you’ve always had emotional numbness and have never been depressed or sad nor happy about anything. Kinda running like a machine with no emotional ties to anything?

[@user-gv5hm8po6b]

you have no passion in your life. find something, like a hobby, to commit to. or maybe your job or your family.

[@Isildur94]

What was your childhood like? The answers should lie there.

[@benjaminfreeenklin8277]

@@Isildur94 I have the same thing i feel like im on autopilot sometimes, dont care about anything really..

[@markfromtinder9616]

SSRI'S are a serious mistake. I've seen it ruin so many people

[@markm7101]

Yes agreed

[@BaiaBakhtadze]

It should, but doesn't mean it will. I am hopeless.

[@snowwolf507]

Same here :( I'm going to therapy in the second time now , I really wish it would work

[@songring1747]

@snOw WoLf and @Baia Bakhtadze i really feel you both but i was able to change so i believe you can aswell please watch this video im sure it can help kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKaUY6aurL2agJo

[@BaiaBakhtadze]

@@songring1747 I will check it out

[@BaiaBakhtadze]

@@snowwolf507 I went to therapy for a year, at first I had lots of anxiety because of how my life basically ended with anhedonia, but later I either got so numb I didn’t even feel anxious or it just disappeared with the help of therapy. I once read on reddit “What’s the point of therapy when you don’t have emotions”. Like this whole therapy is based on how you feel towards specific people events situations etc, I don’t mean to bring you down, I went to therapy because I just liked talking about my situation and I still had hope, but once I realized that it was soon going to be 2nd year I’ve been anhedonic, I got apathetic. It’s like I don’t even care that I have anhedonia and emotional numbness. Wish you good luck. 🍀

[@samsyy-601]

I have no control over my thinking process. I say any nonsense to anybody and hurt them. I end up making everything worse. I feel weak to even suicide. I am literally a dead soul. There is nothing inside me.

[@ceciliamitchell9306]

I don’t feel anything so I came here lol

[@lovehate6135]

+1

[@yasme9680]

Same for me

[@faisalbi1330]

Hi how are you now?

[@rafaelespinoza8968]

Its worse when you have mexican parents their best advice is "work"

[@Oxen8]

I don’t feel emotional numbness but I haven’t been able to have any pain as in like I’ll pinch/scratch myself and I can’t feel. Someone help.

[@yasme9680]

Maybe you have psychosomatic that cause body feel less like pain because your body is numb

[@farah-lu6sc]

Bro please can someone help. How do we fix it I can’t feel any thing I’m tired of this

[@litegameramit6473]

Are you healed

[@jonathanmiller9235]

Is there at least some people someone in the comments section who are 80% cured from their emotional blunting and if there is, can you tell me how you were able to get nearly 100% cured?

[@louay6063]

i don't think about being numb that much cuz i keep my self busy with degenerate activities

[@followerofthechurchofsumi3868]

I got a 60% on a quiz do not feel a thing. Previously I would've terrible and worried over it, it's kinda worrying that I don't really care at the same time feels kinda nice.

[@Inlovewithbillieeyelash]

I'm not fully affected by emotional numbness.. but maybe it's getting more in control day by day.. ik remembering EVERY bad things happened to me that made me wanna cry in past but now... I feel empty.. i don't cry .. but it still hurts when I process those thoughts

[@lizannehein1561]

Hi doctor im emotionally numb because of side effects. Then I'm blank in my mind aswell and hallucinates all five hallucinations* I'm five months on haldol and my symptoms did not change

[@notsosobermama8850]

I don’t have this but I just don’t have any emotion if someone is trying to tell a joke, but I’m sure this only affected me bc my close relative died and I got over it but still lost a piece of me

[@pippa707]

It’s killing me

[@nawafpsy]

Doctor, can Aripiprazole cause emotional blunting especially if taken with Mirtazapine?

[@danielkanka495]

i took mirtazapine one week and feel zero emotions and my heart rate went to 120 in rest from 60 so it probably is mirtazapine

[@cabdiraxman5572]

DO THIS & EMOTIONAL NUMBNESS WILL GO UE ARE AVOIDING FEELING BAD UNCONSCIOUSLY SOFACE THE BAD EMOTIONS COUZE WHEN U FEEL BAD YOU WILL FEEL GOOD

[@zornicabojinova2651]

Does it go away.it was caused from ssri in my case.i stopped taking my ssri 6 weeks ago and i still feel terrible.i am a monster

[@yasme9680]

No SSRI doesn’t make this you had that before that you didn’t notice why did you take ssri? For anxiety or depression

[@marchellagulino533]

I feel numb for the pass 6 mounths will it go away

[@faisalbi1330]

Hi how r you now?

[@billybandyk0720]

Sorry, Dr. Ray; w/all due respect, my emotional numbness was definitely caused by psych meds. Thankfully, I quit taking psych meds ovr 6 yrs due 2 suicidal feelings (again; psych med-induced). Prior (2) 2017, I was on 30+ different psych meds ovr a 40+ yr period. The cumulative negative effects from the various psych meds far outweighed any "benefits".

[@clausmehl8731]

Not using these drugs better drink

[@jonathanmiller9235]

@@hjkl4153 Yeah, it is worse than alcohol.

[@wendycarter5718]

Looked at a lot of these how to cure anhedonia videos and actually no one tells you anything worthwhile !! 2/10

[@HermitKing731]

because people don't recover from anhedonia

[@jonathanmiller9235]

@@HermitKing731 You really can't recover from Anhedonia?!?

[@HermitKing731]

@@jonathanmiller9235 of course they dont recover from fucking anhedonia. have you ever seen any succesfull recovery storys?

[@yasme9680]

@@jonathanmiller9235 buy this two supplement tryptophan and tyrosine they turn into serotonin and dopamine in the brain they make you have and pleasure

[@sarajhonson9963]

So we’re just supposed to fake being a human for the rest of our years?… it’s just not fair that our emotions is gone just like that. Tried opening up to a friend about it and got told to try and be more grateful ??? Like easy for her to say when she can still feel good feelings from good stimuli /:

[@rogersan4352]

HEY! I am 100% it was a side effect from the medication stop kicking the ball out!!!!!

[@simsim5919]

Antipsychotics cause numbness.

[@Apathy474]

I have had anxiety for like 5-6 years and it caused me to get a stomach condition. I had to take Amitriptyline with some other things to get it under control. I was on Amitriptyline for 5 years until a few weeks ago. I don't know when this numbness started to be honest. I feel like it's happened slowly because it's worse than it used to be. I stopped taking Amitriptyline because I thought this numbness would go away but it hasn't. I've been off of it for a few weeks now and I feel the same. I also just got into a relationship recently and I'm scared that If I don't do something about this it won't last. I just feel absolutely nothing sometimes. Even when my girlfriend is sad or says she loves me it just doesn't affect the way I feel at all. I love her and I don't want to lose her but i don't know what to do. I have no motivation to do anything anymore. I'm 19 and I should be going to college and getting a job and looking toward the future and my career but I just don't care. I feel like I could win the lottery right now and I wouldn't even care. Maybe I'd care a little but not as much as I should. I don't think I'm depressed or anything. I felt depressed and really anxious for the first couple of weeks off of Amitriptyline which i was happy with because i was finally feeling something besides just being numb, but it's gone away. Idk why I'm writing this shit in a KZbin comment but i don't have anyone else to tell. I feel like I have a lot of emotion bottled up inside of me and I want to let it all out but I can't, i don't know how. I wish I could feel something and just cry but I can't. I don't even know what is bottled up, I don't have any trauma or anything. I think it's just a giant ball of anxiety from many different things, all of my doubts and worries. I want to let it out but i can't. It doesn't matter what I do, i feel nothing most of the time. I feel a little happy looking at memes or playing games with friends but not as happy or enthusiastic as I should and it goes away once I'm done. I literally feel dead inside

[@juliama7992]

Maybe you should see a therapist and find out what triggers your anxiety and to learn techniques to cope with your anxiety. As soon as anxiety goes away so numbness does. Medication only covers the problem doesn't solve it

[@Justanobodybro]

this is what depression does u should get help asap

[@forzapes9914]

Amitriptyline can cause permanent emotional numbness 😔

[@alondraacosta-mora6504]

hey there how are you now? i understand you completely i am the same

[@Apathy474]

@@alondraacosta-mora6504 I still feel the same

[@jaeshasway]

Let’s not forget about Cymbalta and Effexor doctor. Cymbalta is listed as causing emotional blunting more than 70% of the time. My psychiatrist seems to be confused about what to give me and I’m afraid to take anything after Cymbalta basically ruined my life. She gave me Effexor earlier this year which I had been on more than a decade ago, and within no time I felt the emotional flatlining setting in. I don’t remember feeling that way when I took it in my 30’s, but my hormones are not the same anymore. I think that my body is literally rejecting antidepressants. If anyone sees this and has found medication that doesn’t cause it, please tag me.

[@poodlemynoodle2622]

Please if you don’t mind sharing, how exactly did Cymbalta ruin your life? Thank you..

[@jaeshasway]

@@poodlemynoodle2622 It’s called emotional blunting. I felt nothing unless it was emotional flatness or just outright anger. No sense of urgency no desire to do anything or feel anything. This impacted my ability to do my job and manage my home life. I took it for chronic pain and it worked for that, but screwed me over with my mental and physical health. I also had other side effects like insomnia, migraines and vision impairment. The doctors thought I had a brain tumor.

[@poodlemynoodle2622]

@@jaeshasway Thank you so much for sharing. I am sorry to hear that you have been going through difficulties after the medication…. I will send prayers your way.. 🙏

[@jaeshasway]

@@poodlemynoodle2622 Thank you. 🙏🏽 Blessings to you as well. ♥️

[@clausmehl8731]

@@jaeshasway this emotional blunting i have too from cymbalta. No more fear.

[@-m7k0z7-9]

I just don't to care anymore, had anhedonia, and a 19 score on the phq-9 (self reported), and now, 10 months later, it's a 7-8. Can antidepressants help with that, the not caring side of "depression"?

[@forzapes9914]

Antidepressants caused me permanent emotional numbness and anhedonia!

[@songring1747]

Dont use medicine please dont in fact watch this video it helped me so im sure it can at least have an effect on you kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKaUY6aurL2agJo

[@clausmehl8731]

@@forzapes9914 after taking it.

[@clausmehl8731]

@@forzapes9914 Monster drugs pssd

[@ramankarora9880]

no dont take antidepressants at any cost.

[@DashaAntonova548]

Thank you..

[@h.hickenanaduk8622]

Short answer: No, not while you're alive. It's there for a reason. Stop confusing Hope with expectation and you'll do better.

[@headofvengarl8893]

If that is the case, if the way I am now is the way it will always be, I will not be here this time next year.

[@brandonfullarton-ward1250]

@@headofvengarl8893 how are you now

[@headofvengarl8893]

@@brandonfullarton-ward1250 still bad to be honest. Still numb and dead inside. Thank you for asking though

[@brucetoledo3097]

Not a helpful video. Did not address emotional numbness at all other than it being a side effect of meds. .

[@RiCkOcHeRaBBiT]

Emotions are not real