Rant Anyone else just stop feeling strong emotions

[ThirdyAughtSix]

I remember when I turned 14 I cried for the last time in my life , not sure why , I just kinda stopped feeling things. Everything felt just like nothing , I remember when I would feel positive or negative reactions based on the "social energy" of a setting or aesthetic . In fact I plain up just can't feel aesthetics anymore , their meaning and feeling is lost on me. They all give the same emotions as anything else. Holidays lost their meaning for the final time , even my birthday is just another day. I can be in a mall full of Christmas decorations and lights , and just feel nothing.
No spark of joy , no wonder ,I don't feel anything. The only real emotions I can even feel is anger , disappointment, contentedness , and what is basically just a dopamine rush. Very rarely do i feel angry or disappointed , i just feel content and dopamine most of the time. Maybe its just growing up , maybe its because my dopamine receptors are fried beyond repair, who knows. I don't think ill ever feel any emotions like happiness or sadness again in such a way.

 

[Tedposter]

Yeah, life is shit.

 

[Bibr]

Congrats, you're an adult

 

[Malice]

Thats what happens when the magic of childhood wears off. Unfortunately we are also living in a phase of society that typically occures before dystopia, apocalypse or/and totalitarian dictatorship so things are tough but you are better off just trying to enjoy the ride in spite of it all.

 

[Lord_hierophantūs]

I remember when I turned 14 I cried for the last time in my life , not sure why , I just kinda stopped feeling things. Everything felt just like nothing , I remember when I would feel positive or negative reactions based on the "social energy" of a setting or aesthetic . In fact I plain up just can't feel aesthetics anymore , their meaning and feeling is lost on me. They all give the same emotions as anything else. Holidays lost their meaning for the final time , even my birthday is just another day. I can be in a mall full of Christmas decorations and lights , and just feel nothing.
No spark of joy , no wonder ,I don't feel anything. The only real emotions I can even feel is anger , disappointment, contentedness , and what is basically just a dopamine rush. Very rarely do i feel angry or disappointed , i just feel content and dopamine most of the time. Maybe its just growing up , maybe its because my dopamine receptors are fried beyond repair, who knows. I don't think ill ever feel any emotions like happiness or sadness again in such a way.

To relate only so much, somewhat. I can feel strong emotions, but most of the time I am in mental pain, contradiction and borderline insanity.

 

[ThirdyAughtSix]

Thats what happens when the magic of childhood wears off. Unfortunately we are also living in a phase of society that typically occures before dystopia, apocalypse or/and totalitarian dictatorship so things are tough but you are better off just trying to enjoy the ride in spite of it all.

I remember i read a comment on a video that said "There will be no collapse just exponential suffering" and it hit tremendously hard

 

[Khastle]

My philosophy is just don't think too hard on things and carrying on chasing your goals, achieving them no matter what

 

[ignika98]

I felt the same way throughout my teenage years, but as I grew older I was able to regain my passion for living through various struggles and achievements. Being able to do something yourself that improves your life in a measurable way is one of the best ways to feel fulfilment. And fulfilment is the feeling you're looking for. Without that, it's impossible to feel strong emotions towards anything.
As children we naturally feel very strong emotions as we experience everything for the first time with the luxury of not being responsible for our own well being. But as we get older, we feel an increasing need to seize control of our own lives. And if you don't achieve that control as adult, you won't be able to feel attached to anything and therefore you'll be numb to almost everything.