FleaOfTheChill wrote:
I suck at that whole self awareness thing, understanding myself, so on. I don't know if it's an alexithymia thing that's bugging me lately, past trauma issues that I thought were resolved but aren't, social anxiety I'm oblivious to having, or hell, maybe I'm aromantic (would not surprise me)... but some stuff happened recently and this isn't the first time I've done this, and I think I should at least try to put in some serious effort to figure this out. But how do you do that when you have no idea how you even feel? Ugh. I hate being emotionally stupid.
I don't think I have that alexithymia but I kind of know what you mean. I just stopped feeling when I was very young so now I'm at a point where I'm trying to connect with them. It's hard going but it's interesting.
My T always says he likes it when I'm sad because I'm in connection with myself. I like it too because for so long I really didn't feel it. I had faking emotions kind of sussed out but not quite to an art but I was just like an empty can.
I can't understand these people who seem to pride themselves on not having emotions.
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