Why People Stop Feeling Emotions: Apathy Is Just the Beginning
What distinguishes a person from our smaller brothers is the ability to sympathize, empathize, and compassion.
But sometimes people lose these qualities somewhere and cannot express their emotions. Usually this condition is called apathy. It turns out that the circle is much wider.
People who stop feeling emotions experience several states, experts note.
This is apathy, when a person temporarily becomes indifferent.
Things are much worse with the diagnosis of "lack of joy" or anhedonia. A person in this condition is not able to enjoy life at all.
Depression (a state of being depressed) should also be included here.
And when emotions disappear, then this is a rarer and more complex condition - alexithymia, when a person can neither express nor describe his feelings in words.
Cause of occurrence
Like all mental health problems, this one also has its roots in childhood.
If a child is guided by the feelings and emotions of other people, deprived of the right to make choices, and even forced to feel what he should feel, overprotection or total control arises.
Such filtering can cause the development of any of the described conditions.
In addition, in some cases, people themselves begin to avoid emotions or control them by suppressing and hiding experiences.
But ignoring emotions, like suppression, causes neurotic disorders.
And in order to start feeling your emotions again, you will need the help of a specialist.
You will have to rethink your life and learn to look for positive moments.
Previously, we talked about how to make friends as an adult .
