drob31
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I'm noticing it allot more lately. Everyone thinks I don't care about them, but I do, I just can't seem to have any emotion. It's kind of ruining relationships.
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Are you taking any mood medications?I'm noticing it allot more lately. Everyone thinks I don't care about them, but I do, I just can't seem to have any emotion. It's kind of ruining relationships.
Do people with depression also feel apathy in their dreams?The short answer could be depression. That's a force that can creep up on you and can nurture feelings of apathy in multiple areas of your life. When your body is depressed, i.e. under strain from various symptoms, the mind can tend to follow suit. I personally think this is why so many with CFS/ME get depressed, even before the social/mobility issues cause' problems. It can be hard to notice because you just get used to "feeling that way".
Are you on any medications? Some medications will cause this as a side-effect especially if you are over using it.I'm noticing it allot more lately. Everyone thinks I don't care about them, but I do, I just can't seem to have any emotion. It's kind of ruining relationships.
I'm noticing it allot more lately. Everyone thinks I don't care about them, but I do, I just can't seem to have any emotion. It's kind of ruining relationships.
Its interesting you should mention this @drob31. I've been concerned about the same thing. When I first came down with this illness, I was a ball of emotions. But now I feel pretty middling to okay about most things.I'm noticing it allot more lately. Everyone thinks I don't care about them, but I do, I just can't seem to have any emotion. It's kind of ruining relationships.
Woolie, I just noticed your tag line...and that is how I feel all the time...but I do hope you stick around as I've always appreciated your posts and presence.Its interesting you should mention this @drob31. I've been concerned about the same thing. When I first came down with this illness, I was a ball of emotions. But now I feel pretty middling to okay about most things.
For me, its not a negative thing - I don't feel numb or uncaring or anything. It just takes me a lot to get upset or excited about anything. I hardly ever feel sad these days. And it takes a heck of a lot to make me feel even a tiny bit anxious.
Only meds I'm on is ambien for sleep as needed.
I sleep well, with lots of vivid dreams. About the only time I feel kind of raw emotion these days is just after waking from a dream. Which might be sadness, nostalgia, that sort of thing. Then its passes as soon as it came.
What is it? A biological thing? Or a learned thing?