Does anyone know if there's a name for this?!
Question: I was emotionally abused years ago by my old boss. Since then I haven't had feelings in the same way I did before.
As examples, I didn't have a bad temper before. I definitely do now. I used to feel very deeply for people, now I don't. In fact, I have a very hard time feeling for people at all. There are only 2-3 people that I really care about now.
In general, I seem emotionally "flat" if I'm having a good spell. When I'm not, I become clinically depressed and suicidal. At very bad times (once every few years, and only for an hour or two until I have enough sense to go to sleep) I have these weird spasms that would look like a seizure, except I'm awake.
Is there a term for something like this? Just looking for a term, not "see a doctor."
Thanks in advance.
Answers: I was emotionally abused years ago by my old boss. Since then I haven't had feelings in the same way I did before.
As examples, I didn't have a bad temper before. I definitely do now. I used to feel very deeply for people, now I don't. In fact, I have a very hard time feeling for people at all. There are only 2-3 people that I really care about now.
In general, I seem emotionally "flat" if I'm having a good spell. When I'm not, I become clinically depressed and suicidal. At very bad times (once every few years, and only for an hour or two until I have enough sense to go to sleep) I have these weird spasms that would look like a seizure, except I'm awake.
Is there a term for something like this? Just looking for a term, not "see a doctor."
Thanks in advance.
dysthymia...its a form of depression. I used to be a psych nurse in a behavioral health hospital.
I'm so sorry! You are clearly depressed from being abused.
Depression causes you to not have empathy. (feel for people.) it also makes you not enjoy things like you did before.
You can get on medication or see a therapist or both.
I'm sorry because I know how you feel. I've gone through this up and down.