to ask if you have ever felt nothing

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Just that - i feel no emotion about anything it's so strance.

Yes. It was part of mental health issues. Seek help from your GP and local mental health teams. Try and keep routine in terms of eating and leaving the house. It sounds trite but important and can help

After being raped, but I started to feel very similar recently (started with feeling lethargic, crying in the mornings because I couldn't get out of bed and progressed to not having the energy to feel any emotions at all). I went to the doctor and they suggested depression but took bloods just in case. It turned out to be very very severe anaemia [shock. I can't believe I felt so crap for so long when there was such a simple solution. Not saying it's the same cause for you, but either way go to the doctor asap!

No appetite either
Nothing tastes good
No interest in food

Yes when depressed - just this awful aching void it felt physical. I just wanted to lie in bed and disappear into the void. It was the loneliest place in the world. It got better with medication.

Have you changed/started any medications recently? That can sometimes produce that "void feeling". I've had it a few times and sometimes it has been a medication change that has triggered it.

Hi, I'm so sorry you feel like this but I think you may need medication to get you at least starting to feel better. Get your feelings out whenever you can and with the right person. There's usually always a reason why we feel the way we do....good luck and please keep us posted.

Yes when my mental health is bad shape.

I have been diagnosed with complex ptsd as a result of severe childhood trauma and i experience total numbness particularly with this I think if my brain thinks I'm in acute stress or may be about to experience trauma, i think it can trigger an acute depressive episode or a extreme emotional disassociation, these can last in some cases quite a while.
With you describing that you have recently left an abusive relationship it might be similar?

My best advice is get to the professionals, gp, therapist etc, be very honest with them and tell them all of what your feeling (or lack of) so that they can help you but also be aware as in some circumstances this can be the beginning of a big downturn in your m/h

You will eventually begin to feel ok again with time and help and also by not being hard on yourself.

As someone else upthread said it could actually be a a deficiency too so definitely see the go.

Thanks all - been on anti depressantsocial for years on and off - they don't help. Just dull it down a bit - I don't feel that anything will help really - and what's worse is I don't care 😕- I hugged my child to nite and that felt nice - now I'm just exhausted.

Sorry about spelling - on phone

I agree with the 'ache'. I either felt nothing or an empty aching so physically painful I would pinch myself really hard to make it go away for a second. Didn't realise all this was pretty standard!

Alexythemia

I had this after my brother died. I thought I was dealing with it with until one day I wasn't and had an existential crisis.

I felt nothing, I could barely raise a smile at my 14 month old. I broke down crying in the auditorium at work and couldn't lift my head off a table. It was like I was leaking tears from the inside but felt no emotion to cry.

I went back to my grief counsellor straight away and she helped me through it but I recognise that awful feeling. Please go and see your GP.

Thanks all - going to try to sleep now

i think it's a pretty normal trait to feel nothing, we are all human don't have to be up or down sometimes we are allowed to be just meh