Why do i feel nothing

[Mystical1981]

Ive been with my partner for 8 years hes a lovely man but ive had doubts about the relationship i dont see a future and feel that we would be better as friends (if we can be) i have been feeling this for a while now and i guess over the past few months i have backed off the relationship not bothering anymore, not wanting sex etc.. i am very stressed out i have been for the past year and suffer with depression. I recently decided to end the relationship he is so upset but i feel nothing, he says he loves me but i feel nothing, he says he wants to try again and sort out all our problems but again i feel nothing. I dont feel happy i dont feel sad i feel numb. Ive been getting on with my every day life and not finding myself thinking of him and when i see a memory of us on facebook or somewhere again i feel nothing..i hate that this i just want to feel something. Has anyone experienced this before. I think there is still love there for him but im not sure if its more of an i care about you love rather than a relationship love.

@Mystical1981 do you think you feel this way because of your depression or because you know the relationship has run its course?

Are you taking antidepressants? I ask as they can make you feel numb. But it sounds like there could be many complex reasons for the numbness.

It sounds as though that's a symptom of the depression . If I am having a bad episode I feel completely numb.

You'd expect to feel something at the end of a long relationship, be it sadness, relief or whatever. Perhaps the relationship has just come to its natural end, but I'd urge you to consider ADs too.