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hypersensitive and void

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I feel simultaneously hypersensitive to what other people are feeling, movies, TV shows and at the same time totally void of emotion...wierd. anyone else have these extreme opposites?
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deleted_user
YES!

I can identify with others (especially media), and little bursts of emotion might come out.

I can't really let myself sit with my own feelings though. I'm RARELY ever able to pinpoint them.

But, yeah, because I can't really find what it is I'm feeling or tap into it - a lot of the time I go looking for music that has lyrics that I can relate to.
ShariB
ShariB
ABSOLUTELY! I think I've been that way since early childhood.
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I think it's easier to experience emotions through TV and movies than it is to allow ourselves to feel our own feelings and own them. IMO a large part of growth and recovery is being able to handle our feelings.
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deleted_user
I totally feel for others and can cry for their heartache. I used to be real bad and even cut on myself if somebody I cared about was going through a rough time because I wanted to take their pain away from them.
For myself I feel depressed and hopeless but I can't cry and don't feel like talking about it.
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I can relate to what your saying. I am so empathic that i have to shut down emotionally in order to survive. I feel what everyone around me is felling and absorbe it like some kind of allien. I am sure that my ed is a coping mechanism with all the emotional noise i deal with everyday.
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