Anyone else feel next to no emotion? I also have a huge deficit in empathy. I literally do not feel for other people, unless I like them, in which case I care about them but I still don’t emotionally have anything going on for them. I put on a facade of normalcy, a courteous, joking personality. I ask people how they’re doing and smile but it’s almost entirely deliberate. What I’m wondering is if this void of feeling is symptomatic of schizophrenia which I have or if it’s possible I have psychopathic personality disorder. Can any of you guys relate to this emptiness?
You mean flat affect. No feelings. It’s normal for schizophrenics.
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I felt this way when I was antidepressants and sz meds. I got off the antidepressants and I felt more. If that makes sense. I think it has improved over the years for me. I really didn’t feel much in the beginning of sz, but with age I have more compassion now. Maybe it will just take time for you.
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I feel the same way, emotionally blunted. The only emotions I feel are stress and anxiety, if you wanna call those emotions.
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I am on antidepressants. Currently tapering off of them though. Hopefully that’ll make a difference
That might help. I went cold turkey, not a good idea, much better the way you are doing it. I was a bit emotional, be prepared for some ups and downs.
It is normal, both the illness and the meds can cause this, it is not psychopathic pd, my nurse told me that people with severe sz are completely inaccessible (meaning that you can’t “link” with them)…
Personally my emotions are all messed up, for example I feel good emotions about famous evil people and bad emotions about good people…
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