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Why You Feel Nothing All The Time (Alexithymia)
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Do you often find yourself feeling numb or feeling empty? In this video, we explore the concept of alexithymia, a condition that might explain why you feel nothing all the time. Understanding what alexithymia is can be the first step towards addressing these feelings and improving your mental health.
We'll discuss the symptoms and causes of alexithymia, and provide insights into alexithymia treatment options. Whether you're dealing with depression, or simply wondering why you feel empty or why you feel numb, this video aims to shed light on your experiences and offer compassionate advice.
Our goal is to help you navigate these challenging emotions and improve your mental health care routine. Remember, it's okay to seek help and take steps toward feeling better.
Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more videos on mental health, and join our community of support and understanding.
#mentalhealth #empty #depressed
Writer: Chloe Avenasa
Editor: Kelly Soong
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
Voice Over: Stelyos / @stelyost (new narrator)
Animator: ChiquitaFoncy / chiquitafoncy
UA-cam Manager: Cindy Cheong
References:
Penot, J. (2023 Aug 2). "What It's Like to Live With Alexithymia." Psychology Today. Retrieved from www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-forgotten-women/202308/what-its-like-to-live-with-alexithymia
Lo, I. (2023 Oct 12). "Alexithymia: Do You Know What You Feel?" Psychology Today. Retrieved from www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-with-emotional-intensity/202102/alexithymia-do-you-know-what-you-feel
Davis, T. (2023 Oct 12). "What Causes Alexithymia, and Why It's So Troubling." Psychology Today. Retrieved from www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/click-here-for-happiness/202302/what-causes-alexithymia
Psychology Today. (2024). "Alexithymia." Retrieved from www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/alexithymia#:~:text=Alexithymia%2C%20also%20known%20as%20emotional,experiences%2C%20and%20certain%20medical%20conditions.
Our goal is to help you navigate these challenging emotions and improve your mental health care routine. Remember, it's okay to seek help and take steps toward feeling better. We hope this video can help those are feeling stuck
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Ily you❤
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U have help me a little bit so I’m glad but still sad
@@AndyAndrew1(;❤
When you're used to nothing but heartache, disappointment, letdowns, setbacks, people using you all the time, plus being abused as a young kid, you tend to feel numb all the time. Disappointment becomes normal, the emptiness feeling is endless because at every turn, something bad or negative, keeps happening. 😢😢
Fr tho. Story of my life
Real
I haven't experienced such that bad, but still a few of them. And sometimes Alexithymia is very helpful when you meet problems in life. But now, I've gotten used to them so much that I've had struggles to get rid of it
i feel you, have a shitty childhood too. truly empty, not even memories
Pretty understandable. Disconnecting from your emotions is the only way to stay sane and regulated when your baseline is sadness, pain, and disappointment. Its good when bad things happen, but depressing when your cant feel joy or excitement when you should.
Feel like this 90% of the time not gonna lie
We hope this video can help you out! It's ok to reach out for help if you need
Honestly same
@@gay_4u we'll get trough this someday (i hope)
Same
100% of time for last decade of 7. No one could help so withdrew and listened if any moments of recognition
They really know what I've been feeling lately.
Frr
Real
I was literally thinking...how nowadays i dont feel anything...no excitement for any festival...party or anything..i just feel numb and can't connect with people
You're literally me fr...will you be my friend tho?
Then don't connect to people if you can't. Does it matter if you feel numb around others or alone?
Literally man, shit sucks
Seema sreshtha....i cant able to remember it but i have seen your comment somewhere in some other video...just out of curiosity im typing this but i felt like hey hey ive seen her *the photo and the name😂 haha but if you ask why evn i dont know i just remembered it haha.... unexpected but funny right
@@J_M_V2004 😂😂
Literally because I used to be a really emotional person and I was happy most of the time but than I went through trauma, and OCD, and depression and now I feel nothing. I’m nonchalant about everything.
that's so relatable to me, and I think many others too
And your username is goofball lol, but same here I remember struggling to breathe while very over something then it's been nonchalant with everything. Just cool...
I can ABSOLUTELY relate to the first point mentioned about "cruising through life on autopilot". While I mostly feel that I AM in control of my life, sometimes I feel that I'm going through each day passively.
I'm confused, I can't even understand my feelings enough to know if I feel like this. I don't even get how to figure it out
@@pi3.14etcMaybe just don't try to figure it out. We don't have to try to understand everything. I'd say just do what you feel like doing without putting much thoughts into this because what does it matter anyway?
I mean im 28 years old in the time of writing this response, and im just happy i only have to serve an another approximate 52 years more, before i can leave this world.
My birthday used to be one of the happiest days of the year to me. Now i feel more and more that its a punishment to grow older, for each year passing. And i feel less and less like wanting to celebrate my birthday anymore. But i have to, for my mother.
Ive grown tired of life, but i have to wing it for the next, as mentioned above, 52 years to come, so at least the humans around me can be happy, im still here.
Not really that I want to, and neither do i really believe anyone would miss me. Im a burden to society, and have always been....
@@anderstermansen130 Then screw society and live for yourself? I mean: what does it matter? It's what I do atm. I stay out of public things as much as I can and just play the games that I like. I still have a cat to care for, but once he's gone of old age I may step out if bored.
@@anderstermansen130 im half your age and feel the same. I don't want to get older and im sick of life already, I hate the way I am. im 99% sure im autistic yet havent got a diagnosis i fucking hate not understanding myself and being different from everyone else its tiring
I feel alone. Not because I'm alone really but because I don't feel understood and i don't understand my own feelings. That makes me to feel Alone...
Timestamp!
-0:22 What is alexithymia?
-0:49 Signs of alexithymia
-1:57 Causes of alexithymia
-2:43 Living with alexithymia
-3:22 Ways to cope with alexithymia
Thank you!
@@galletgaming :)
Thank you 💙
@@liamdylan_yw8rv7 :)
There's hope in Jesus. He helped me. He healed me and he strenghtens me every day 🥰❤ I would be dead without him...
Most diagnoses are actually demonic oppression.
Anyways He is coming back very soon for believers. Please do not be left behind with this sick world.
Kids will disappear around the world, then His true believers! Jesus is coming back! Make Him your Saviour! He loves you!❤️
Jesus promised 2 000y ago that He will come back for everybody who accepted His payment ( His death) for all sins.
Only God knows the future and it is Jesus right now speaking through His prophets and telling us about coming destruction of Damscus, Turkey, Berlin. He told us that right before He removes His TRUE believers from this earth there will be Alaska earthquakes 7.6 and 7.3 and Freemason Temple in Philadelphia will fall.
He will literally pull us out of this world ( kids first) so that we don't have to stay for the Judgment ( the Apocalypse). You can still call out to Him to save you after kids are gone, He will rescue you too❤️
Jesus is waiting for u! ❤️Call out to Him! We are now in the last pages of the Bible. What saves us is faith that Jesus shed His blood for our sins, died on the cross, and rose three days later. It is God's grace that saves us and nothing that we do! ❤️🙌😊 Pure faith!
Links to prophets:
www.youtube.com/@SeekHeavenlyThings/featured
youtube.com/@strengthfortoday4472?si=0Me3leuGqk2g3ZIR
www.youtube.com/@FaithOVERFear44/featured
youtube.com/@mckennamccue2417?si=0brlBUkUwVi4zLDs
I hate not being able to enjoy games I used to do before. :(
yeah it really sucks but i found that changing what platform is usually play on kind of helped, i recently bought a 3ds and its giving me some fun than usual, but still not as much as i used to 🥲🥲
If you have is I don't know why but you can't feel Pain one second and gone is true
It's sad that my father just told me a few hours ago that l have no feelings, And he's wrong. the point is that people who don't know you very well, will think that your empty.
EVERYONE has feelings but sometimes we don't feel the need to show them or the situation is not allowing you.
So that's why most of the people having the idea that other people have no feelings
I’ve been emotionally abused by a narcissistic parent which is why I shut down emotionally when I’m around them. Any sign of emotion fuels them and gives them power. Same with my sibling. They think I’m unemotional but the truth is I don’t want to enable their behaviour and give them what they’re looking for.
@@susanlisson7066I can relate to this so very well. Grew up from a single mother with paranoia, & narcissism. Top it off, she’s a fanatical Christian. Childhood was a blast. Still debating why I’m still here as an adult. I can’t really connect to others due to my own detachment, & trust issues. TBH, I’m really tired of the “care taker” toke society has seen fit to compartmentalize me into for their personal exploitation, yet I can’t see a way out of the continuous abuse cycle. 🤷♂️ Death will eventually come, & free me.
They are talking about people who cannot identify the emotions they feel. Nothing more or less.
@@hicknopunk I understand that. My question still stands. I would like to know the difference between the two. Are they an interchangeable symptom of the same causes? Are they completely separate from one another? How can one tell the difference between the two within their own life’s experiences?
There's hope in Jesus. He helped me. He healed me and he strenghtens me every day 🥰❤ I would be dead without him...
Most diagnoses are actually demonic oppression.
Anyways He is coming back very soon for believers. Please do not be left behind with this sick world.
Kids will disappear around the world, then His true believers! Jesus is coming back! Make Him your Saviour! He loves you!❤️
Jesus promised 2 000y ago that He will come back for everybody who accepted His payment ( His death) for all sins.
Only God knows the future and it is Jesus right now speaking through His prophets and telling us about coming destruction of Damscus, Turkey, Berlin. He told us that right before He removes His TRUE believers from this earth there will be Alaska earthquakes 7.6 and 7.3 and Freemason Temple in Philadelphia will fall.
He will literally pull us out of this world ( kids first) so that we don't have to stay for the Judgment ( the Apocalypse). You can still call out to Him to save you after kids are gone, He will rescue you too❤️
Jesus is waiting for u! ❤️Call out to Him! We are now in the last pages of the Bible. What saves us is faith that Jesus shed His blood for our sins, died on the cross, and rose three days later. It is God's grace that saves us and nothing that we do! ❤️🙌😊 Pure faith!
Links to prophets:
www.youtube.com/@SeekHeavenlyThings/featured
youtube.com/@strengthfortoday4472?si=0Me3leuGqk2g3ZIR
www.youtube.com/@FaithOVERFear44/featured
youtube.com/@mckennamccue2417?si=0brlBUkUwVi4zLDs
I remember telling my teacher that, rather than experiencing all types of emotions, the world always seemed gray and dull to me. I can’t even remember the last time I didn’t eventually return to my state of numbness.
I think it would feel scary , if I actually could feel my emotions.
I’m numb too , I can’t feel anything anymore.
I hope that your symptoms fade away and you find your way through this.
Thank you for sharing.
I started following this page and how much I’ve learned about my emotions is crazy to me. I hope everyone reading this has a good day and remember, one day at a time. ❤️🌸 accepting our emotions and accepting we need help is ok
I thought that same every time but how to help my self is bigger question! I'm floating with the life up and downs not know what to do how to do.
@@ruchipatel929 what has worked for me, is accepting. Learning to accept the things I can’t change. And changing the things about myself that were making me so miserable. It takes time. OH and lots of fresh air. Lots of hikes, walks. Man. I hate seeing buildings every single day. Makes me sad.
@@yummyeats13 thank you for your response. Yes it's take time to accept. But things are very tricky to understand some time. yes I love to explore world, but responsibility and work you know. I'm living near mountains but my inner self lost somewhere. But yes I'm trying. And first time someone response to my text. Feeling happy. 😊 Thank you!
@@ruchipatel929 tell me about it, I work a full time job so trust me. I totally get you. Yes of course don’t even thank me. Always happy to spread positivity :)
Formally Diagnosed 2 years ago( on top of being “broken” )w Autism belated to 2000 when formally diagnosed w ADHD. But to me these LABELS are just names for what I’ve lived with “forever”. Nothing changed
R-E-A-L-L-Y. Nothing changed as medical professionals can’t /couldn’t help even though I changed psych 6 times.
Went thru childhood with trauma, then it strengthened thru teenhood, heightened during early 20s, a long the way went thru bullying, a divorce, and several close calls with death, along the way this accompanied me along with other issues, now my 30s are spent fixing and healing, thanks to this channel I can move forward, remember there is always HOPE
I feel like I am super aware and have gained the knowledge to discern what “I am feeling”. Even though I really have no thoughts towards them and barely cry unless I am usually extremely angry
I always feel empty
Since I was little, thinking used to do things to me I didn’t know I could do. Always being overwhelmed by certain feelings I didn’t even know, isolating myself, letting people gaslight me because I didn’t know how to act “Human”.
I'm so sorry that happened, you don't deserve that, your a human being who deserves comfort and understanding.
this came in my notifs at the right time lmao
This American cant even spell to notifications
I was just scrolling around to find something would calm me down and so sudden I found this video now I don't feel alone about this feeling.
feeling this too. And some how, this helps me not feeling alone anymore. Many times it's hard to me to discern my feelings and even communicate with others
@@PhuongNguyen-ns5mb Yes, it is a little difficult for me to communicate with others aswell but here we are.
seeing that most of us feel the same
The narrator has a soothing sounding voice.☺️
I don't know how to describe my past years, For last 4.5 year I have lived with the hope that things may get better with time but they didn't, instead it seems like they are getting worse I cannot even remember any good memory that I might have created with anyone, all the good memories I have is me sitting alone in some place like cinema, restaurants or parks. I want to connect with people but I don't feel like I deserve it partly because of my own flaws and partly because of the look that everyone gives me whenever I'm around. All my friends (I'm not sure if I can call them friends) they just give me that look that make me feels like I shouldn't have the right to exist, and all other colleagues just ignores me, they don't even considers me worthy of their time. Maybe I'm exaggerating the situation, but I have been feeling it for a long period of time. I just wrote it to make myself feel good❤
Michele lee nieves watch her channel... It seems lke u r seeking validation from outside.. You are a wonderful person as you are and u deserve the best.. Have faith in urself.. Love urself... May Lord krushnas blessings be with u always.
Didn’t think I could find somebody who knew my life story. I’m truly sorry you’re going through that though.
Thank you so much for all of them videos they help me so much keep the good work up
It's scary how this channel is so accurate of what topic and when to drop these videos right about when I experience it, but I'm thankful that this video dropped it really helped me understand myself more
I described this disorder shortly in my thesis about autism which I just finished making the presentation on.
Thanks for the video, it's described very clearly and simple.
Friday I'll present my paper. Love from Belgium❤
Reasons why i for feel emptiness
# 1 Suffering from severe Depression
# 2 dealing with Trauma
# 3 unable to enjoy activities nowadays that used to bring me joy
# 4 Being bored
So i understand this topic very well.
A main reason in particular is that you feel like a none living object (not lively).
For me the world is a pitch black silhouette and the system is just objectively unbalanced.
I feel like a Tool which needs to finish its final task before breaking, and i assume you know what i mean by "breaking"
This has just helped me understand myself a lot more, THANKS!
You're very welcome!
This is a masterpiece
I love this new narrator! Thank you, @Stelyost!
Thanks for listening!!
The animation made my day, thxx to anyone who made it
U have helped me a little bit and I love your videos
I'm like the opposite, I know almost every feeling and why I'm feeling it, and it's really strong.
You guys somehow always upload the one thing on my mind. Y'all mind readers for real
I feel seen on this channel everyday! ❤️
How does this channel always know what I feel ⁉⁉
Because your phone spies on you.👁👁
🙃
We're asking the real questions people
Wow!!! This is the best explanation I've ever seen for alexithymia. Many of my emotions are like amorphous shapes on the other side of a wall; I sometimes know something needs to be processed, but it takes time, quiet, and often writing to discover what it is. Sometimes what I call "anxiety" or "confusion" is really an emotion needing to be processed. The only real difference between the description in the video and my experience is that I actually write fiction, and it is through that fiction that I can sometimes realize feelings that are hidden from my conscious mind.
Certified Gold!!!!!
I struggle with distinct conditions that are a lot of times beyond unbearable, but this condition seems equally frightening and agonizing! I hope somehow we all escape our darkness! The sooner the better obviously! Have a good one!
VERY GOOD❤I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
My family and I are going through a really difficult time. I appreciate if you pray and wish good luck for us 🙏
youll make it through... god always deliver just use this message as faith.. wish you and your family great luck.
I pray that everything is gonna fine for you soon
I will keep your family in my thoughts.
Thoughts and prayers! 1 like to my comment = 1 prayer🙏🙏🙏
Right video at the right time
This channel knows me
I really needed this today I wanted an understanding of why I been feeling like this lately. Thank you.
I was wondering about this for years!
Wow, I’ve been feeling like this my whole life after I went through some trauma with my older sister I didn’t even know this was a thing thank you so much
Oh my goodness! I was so happy to see this notification, and realize what it’s about. I’ve struggled with alexithymia my whole life, and spent the first nine years of it thinking “emotions” were just a cruel joke that everyone was in on, in a goal to make me feel stupid. I seriously thought they weren’t real, and I’d throw the usual childhood temper tantrums while thinking I wasn’t mad, because I wasn’t feeling anything at all are far as I was aware. It’s so good to see this video dedicated to it when it’s talked about so little. Hopefully it can help others work through the process of discovery, and even teach those without such struggles so they can better understand “us.”
I can only imagine the relief you felt seeing a video about alexithymia! It sounds like you've been through a lot trying to understand your own emotions. It's definitely not a condition that gets talked about enough. So glad this video came out the right time for you!
@@Psych2go thank you so very much
Well actually I know some one who has alexithymia...
And that is me...😢😢😢
I never know when my emotions change or what am i feeling...
Its like i am feeling happy then it feels that why am i happy... For what reason? Every thing is going to end soon.
Thank you so much 😊
For this video 📸
You might be the first person in the comments I have seen who has it. People with natural emotions cannot really begin to understand the video. It isn't about other people misunderstanding you. It is about you misunderstanding you.
@@hicknopunk you are right 😢
but look at the bright side
i am now trying to express my feeling❤
a very needed video, thankyou for talking about alexithymia;; been through it from a very long time;; and like others told in the comments, people around us don't seem to understand (maybe a good thing too lol)
Please I was looking for a video like this 😅😅
Thank you so much ❤❤
I either feel too much, or feel nothing at all
So i saw the thumbnail and it reminded me of a topic that not enough people speak of, that is Apathy. Apathy is such a scary condition and, honestly, one of the most dangerous. If there was ever a channel on youtube that i trust to speak about this subject, it would be this one.
That's a really interesting point! Apathy definitely doesn't get talked about enough, and it can have a serious impact on people's lives.
I'm glad the thumbnail sparked this conversation, and we appreciate your trust in us to tackle this important topic. We hope the video delivers insightful information and helpful tips for dealing with apathy.
i’ve been trying to find a way to express this feeling for months now, thank you
You’re welcome 😊
this video really help so much. been this way for a long time now.
At the right time, again !
I remember first discovering this and heavily researching it because I was trying to discern if it’s something I *actually* struggle with or if it’s just emotional numbness/avoidance. While I do have PTSD and suffer from depression, anxiety and heavy relate to what’s said in the video, I think (regarding myself) it’s just numbness.
Therapy and support workshops have been helpful for me and I’m learning to identify things more which I’m happy about.
relatable
This really helped me alot thank you
Hope this video helps you!
@@Psych2go it did thank you
This is the first one of these videos where I not only identified with all the signs, but anticipated that I would.
This is so real. I'm slightly OCD, got autism and ADHD and trauma (been healing tho)
I'm getting better, it's still difficult to listen to my heart but now I can tune into it.
I always am feeling like this
I’m coping with gaming ngl, I don’t even feel like doing much else. Creating new good habits feels impossible and I can’t seem to stick with anything because almost nothing feels meaningful or fun. Whatever I else I try to do feels like a drag.
Same here, in a way
As someone who was diagnosed alextimia by beggining of 4th grade,
Thanks
from a past personal experience with sociopathy i can say that a sociopath frequently shift between feeling nothing and feeling rage as it's almost the only emotion he can feel , that explain the impulsive nature
As a guy with OCD, I can relate to this, unfortunately. My girlfriend cried when she lost her sparring match in Taekwondo and I felt nothing.
I was so nervous and emotionally tense during her match because I didn't want her to get hurt. But when the match ended and she was crying from the shame she felt by her loss, I felt nothing.
I have never heard of this but now many things seem to make sense to me in terms of understanding loved ones. How could I imagine this could be a reason? I couldn’t.
Please remember to reach out for help. And that all you are going through is valid ❤
This is great stuff. I've been in friendship with someone who quite literally cannot express a thing. A lot of this video sounds verbatim how he describes his inner head space and his heart.
We have had many conversations about "family, connectedness, community, expression, and boundaries." And they all see to just disappear in the ether. We ran into the very real possibility that he may have Autism coupled with deep depression and generally little self-worth. But even with ADhD and a potential Autism diagnosis, it just seemed to me a bit off.
I've been pushing for therapy for over a year, but the way he logics himself out of help has been a strain on our relationship, the relationships he has had with others, and on his own well-being. Its been on repeat: I dont know what I need, I dont know what I feel, I dont know what I want etc. And what we have noticed that comes with it sometimes feels like both an energy drain for others, and a complete disregard for both feelings and boundaries.
Never knew there was a name for this, but after showing this video to his friend, we may be able to support him a bit differently now.
Good stuff, thank you for the information!
I've been feeling like this for quite some time now and finally have a lead as to what it is and what's causing it, thanks
WOW!!! Sometimes I feel heavy, sometimes I feel empty, in-between feelings. It makes sense to me. I can relate.
Thank you for watching! Glad to hear this make a lot of sense to you
Yup this is me every day it's what I learned over the years and how I've been treated my hole life
While I personally don’t experience this, this does explain a few people that I know
I shut mine down several years ago. Since I have no family and prefer solitude to company -> It was far, far easier than dealing with them. Plus, it’s way cheaper than trying to talk to any paid professional about any of it.
Thanks really felt that somthing is missing like I don't know
Btw thankyou very much 😊❤
I have been like this for almost a year now when my best friend stabbed me in the back and since them i was unable to feel properly. I went to my therapist and he told me i might have alexithymia. After watching this video, i relate to everything and wondering if my therapist was right... thank you for making this video
I recently went on vacation, and I thought I could finally feel excitement about it once it started. I'm still on my vacation, and I still feel the same.
As a person with Alexithymia this means so much.
it’s very very frustrating when I’m hanging out with friends or classmates because often times they ask if im okay because I am unable to express my emotions at the time. If the event is exciting or upsetting it’s hard for me to express those emotions and I often think of the term “heartless” when in reality I’m not heartless, it’s just the inability to express and show those emotions. And I don’t even know those emotions either which makes it even harder.
With Alexithymia it makes it very hard to make friends and oftentimes I have to mask emotions to be able to fit in, that way people don’t see me as a jerk or careless.
If you do ever meet a person Alexithymia be aware that they aren’t careless, we do care. The ability to express and communicate those emotions are barriers we have to experience everyday.
You are the best ( first comment) ❤️🥰
Thanks for being here early! Let us know if this video helps you out
Can you shout out me in your next video in your description
This video helps me
I can relate to this a lot, with the amount of abuse and trauma i had as a kid. I used to be fairly emotional and energetic as a kid. Once i got diagnosed with severe depression at 13, i became very emotionless as i got older. And its not getting any better. To the point where i get referred to as "the man with no emotions" at times. It doesn't bother me but its very noticeable now.
It sounds like you've been through a lot, dealing with abuse and trauma as a child. It's completely understandable how that could lead to feeling emotionally numb, especially after a depression diagnosis at 13. We hope you have the help, resources and a strong support system to support your healing journey.
Im on medicine for this very reason ... only reason i seeked help was my 4 year old. Feeling pain or nothing at all doesnt bother me but id love to be more present for him ❤
Is that a New voice!!?? Whoa! It was nice ngl. Y'all should keep trying different voices and animations. Feels great to discover new works of talent✨
Meditation retreats really helped me immensely with alexithymia as a late diagnosed autistic person, even before diagnosis. Sesshins especially. Be prepared to cry your eyes out at unexpected times.
I was once in a situation where I could have died but I just stared and felt nothing
i kinda relate to 'signs' part, i dont just have this in a day or two but (almost) EVERYDAY.
when i try to identify my emotions i usually look for the headaches, speed and intensity of the heartbeat, facial expressions and the rest is my body language.
even in fits of rage, i was able to (sometimes) think straight (though for whatever reason i continued my impulse even with conscious thought) even if my face says otherwise.
when people question about how i feel, i usually say "i'm good" as i don't know what to say about the emptiness inside of me.
i never wish this ever to my worst enemy.
you know I don't know if I have this but I found Music is an absolutely great way to at least attempt to share emotion :) to a degree of course but very useful medium
Feel like this 100% of the time
For a while I use the pain in my heart to know if I'm feeling something
If something scary happens like being almost thrown off the car and I don't feel that pain in my heart then there's nothing to fear
Yeah... I can relate to all of these & have been for... Years now
I feel this some of the time
I’m feeling like this after quitting from a toxic work environment and still didn’t heal
I feel like this a lot of the time.
I just feel spaced out all the time and I used to be so happy but I went through heavy tr**ma please make a video on depersonalisation/derealisation treatment ❤🎉 🙏
Definitely used to have it (growing up with milder Autism), although I've worked hard to figure out the whole emotional aspect of the human experience
I just realized that I most likely have it. Autism, ADHD, PTSD, BPD….. lots of trauma. I have to keep my brain focused on knowing what I’m feeling. It’s hard. My brain is trying to hold on to too many things and more often than not I’m just thinking about rocks.
bro just hit me with a reality check
It’s not that I feel nothing; it’s more like for months now, I’ve felt a dull, empty, sinking sensation. It’s mostly sadness.
I felt like this in the past but im getting better at understanding my emotions
Thank you for this video Psych2go! Im on vacation on a holiday park rn and I'm here for two days. My exams are over and i have a toxic narcissistic dad who says if i have a part time job I can never continue my studies and I can never become a lawyer. He interrupts me a lot, forces his views on me and blackmails me and I need advice. He doesn't live with me, but for religious reasons I can't cut off contact with him. I suffer from religious trauma aswell and constantly fear hell. Any advice? Please help me. I'm on vacation to take a break and enjoy myself. Nothing is impossible and I dont have to listen to my dad. He doesn't live with us and isn't supporting us in any way so he has no say.
Taoism helped me appreciate alexithymia. Nonduality teaches us that nothing is the same as everything. The dao is the cup that is empty, yet can pour itself out infinitely. Its the nature of our world, and to always give is the nature of the world. I would separate myself from others, and was afraid to give in excess, due to my feeling empty. It felt like nothing was enough, but as I gave more love, I saw nothing WAS enough.
This feels like a video for me.
Talk about our emotions isn't easy. Building a relationship with someone who has alexithymia can be challenging, but with understanding and patience, it's definitely possible. Communicate clearly and directly, as they may struggle with non-verbal cues. Be patient and encourage them to express their emotions, even if it's difficult. Exploring alternative ways to express feelings, like writing or art, can also help.
Create a supportive and non-judgmental environment, and pay attention to their actions, which might be their way of showing love. Remember to set healthy boundaries and take care of yourself too. 👍
It’s been like this since quarantine. Idk how to bounce back.
I feel like I’m wandering through a fog, where I know there’s a light somewhere but I just can’t reach it.