I think I might have alexithymia

It all started when my girlfriend of three years broke up with me. I came to realisation that I’ve always felt like I didn’t feel my emotions to the full extent. I’ve always felt like I ways looking at them through a wall or from above like my consciousness was above them. Like my emotions didn’t actually affect me. I think that brake up might have changed something in me. I’ve never felt this kind of emotion and I didn’t even think I could even feel something like that. I feel like I understand emotions more and I’m more capable of actually sitting with them. Another thing is I randomly feel sad, empty or frustrated and I can’t explain why. No matter how I look at them I can’t explain how I feel this way.

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u/GuardVarious9201 — 8 days ago

I think I might have alexithymia

It all started when my girlfriend of three years broke up with me. I came to realisation that I’ve always felt like I didn’t feel my emotions to the full extent. I’ve always felt like I ways looking at them through a wall or from above like my consciousness was above them. Like my emotions didn’t actually affect me. I think that brake up might have changed something in me. I’ve never felt this kind of emotion and I didn’t even think I could even feel something like that. I feel like I understand emotions more and I’m more capable of actually sitting with them. Another thing is I randomly feel sad, empty or frustrated and I can’t explain why. No matter how I look at them I can’t explain how I feel this way.

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u/GuardVarious9201 — 8 days ago

I couldn’t feel my emotions

For my whole life I’ve always felt like my emotions didn’t actually affect me. It’s not like I couldn’t acutally feel them but it felt like I didn’t feel them to the full extent. It felt like I was looking at them from above or through a wall like my consciousness was above them. I couldn’t understand when people were overly sad or excited about something. This changed one month ago when my girlfriend of three years broke up with me. It was like I actually felt something for the first time. I think it broke something in me. Like a huge wall just fallen and all the emotions just took over me completely. I’ve never felt anything like this before. I feel like I’ve never really known myself until know. I think I’m starting to understand how much important and meaningful were some things to her that i didn’t put any thought to. I feel like I’m now capable of feeling much deeper emotions and that i see things that I didn’t see before. Is this normal? Has someone experienced anything similar?

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u/GuardVarious9201 — 14 days ago

I couldn’t feel my emotions

For my whole life I’ve always felt like my emotions didn’t actually affect me. It’s not like I couldn’t acutally feel them but it felt like I didn’t feel them to the full extent. It felt like I was looking at them from above or through a wall like my consciousness was above them. I couldn’t understand when people were overly sad or excited about something. This changed one month ago when my girlfriend of three years broke up with me. It was like I actually felt something for the first time. I think it broke something in me. Like a huge wall just fallen and all the emotions just took over me completely. I’ve never felt anything like this before. I feel like I’ve never really known myself until know. I think I’m starting to understand how much important and meaningful were some things to her. I feel like I’m now capable of feeling much deeper emotions and that i see things that I didn’t see before. Is this normal? Has someone experienced something similar?

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u/GuardVarious9201 — 17 days ago

I couldn’t feel my emotions

For my whole life I’ve always felt like my emotions didn’t actually affect me. It’s not like I couldn’t acutally feel them but it felt like I didn’t feel them to the full extent. It felt like I was looking at them from above or through a wall like my consciousness was above them. I couldn’t understand when people were overly sad or excited about something. This changed one month ago when my girlfriend of three years broke up with me. It was like I actually felt something for the first time. I think it broke something in me. Like a huge wall just fallen and all the emotions just took over me completely. I’ve never felt anything like this before. I feel like I’ve never really known myself until know. I think I’m starting to understand how much important and meaningful were some things to her. I feel like I’m now capable of feeling much deeper emotions and that i see things that I didn’t see before. Is this normal? Has someone experienced something similar?

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u/GuardVarious9201 — 17 days ago