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| Topic | I really struggle to make myself care about anything and it upsets me. |
| flat_tyre 08/10/20 6:40:55 AM #11 | Also, extreme anxiety can make you get used to extreme feelings, so 'normal' things don't bring you any kind of emotion anymore. It'll take time, but if you can get used to not having these extreme feelings once again, your ability to feel emotion will come back. You just need to get used to it, like the same way your body got used to the extreme things - that's what made you numb in the first place. It's just doing the same thing that happened to you before, but in reverse. --- ~ A BOOTS WAS PILFERED! ~ |
| Topic | I really struggle to make myself care about anything and it upsets me. |
| flat_tyre 08/10/20 6:34:12 AM #9 | I used to be like this... I felt like nothing had any impression on me whatsoever. It was shit, like I was floating from one thing to the next with no real reason to do it. I'll tell you what worked for me... I thought back to the last time I was truly happy, what did I have then that I don't have now? For me, the main things were - nothing to worry about, feeling safe, and still having a whole amazing world to discover. (Because, let's face it, when you're a child the world is a wondrous place) So, I spent a year gradually sorting these things out. To stop my worry, I finished all the jobs I had outstanding, even the minor ones, so I could wake up every day with no pressure whatsoever. To feel safe, I built up a safety net with regards finances, food, first aid kit, things like that. And to get back the feeling of having lots to discover, I stopped overindulging in things. If there was something I was curious about, rather than do it all at once, I'd only do part of it and leave the rest for another day. I also stopped reading/watching things excessively, so I had more to discover for myself rather than let other people do the discovering for me. Soon enough, you build up a big list of things you're looking forward to, and that makes you wake up every morning raring to go, because you want to get on and do it. Over that year, I felt better and better and better. And to think back, when I was feeling shit, I didn't even realise anything was wrong. It just goes to show how the little things can really affect you if you don't sort them out. --- ~ A BOOTS WAS PILFERED! ~ |
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