Is this a mental disease?

Question

I hold back almost all of my emotions and hide them from myself to the point where i ignore the fact that something bothers me. I feel like I should feel more emotion towards a lot of really bad aspects of my life but i dont talk about them or even think about them except on rare occasions and quickly dismiss them before I can get affected by them. I also hide positive emotions sometimes. I feel like I possibly have some kind of mental illness that could me medicated? anybody know one that has these symptoms? Also, I have a hard time sympathizing with people, including family and friends, almost forgot to add that in. any help would be greatly appreciated.

p.s. its so evident my family and friends sometimes bring it up tome and I just tell them Im fine and theyre overreacting.

Answer 1

i thought this was a mental disorder as well, due to my schizophrenia. although its a side effect of my shcihzophrenia, it is no way condsidered a mental disorder. its called emotional blunting, a defensive mechanism the body uses to avoid harm to ones self. try journaling or a councelor, those are your best bets to let it all out once and for all

Answer 2

Wow. You just described me perfectly. I always shut away my emotions, too. I don't really have any trama in my life, so I doubt what we are experiencing is a mental illness. It is just the way we are. Some people are not emotional, others are too emotional. We, apparently, are the first one.

When you said that you had a hard time sympathizing I was shocked. To me that is pretty specific. I find it impossible to express sympathy at all. It was even very difficult for me to feel sad at all when my cat died.

Answer 3

just pray about your situation, and instead of holding things in just pray and talk to god about it, because harboring things and your feelings in can do more harm then you think. so just pray about it you will be just fine. god bless.

Answer 4

I'm not a doc, but i think this is a personality thing, not a mental illness.

You probably learned somewhere that it hurt less to not feel pain, and later, for many people, that turns into not feeling anything.

I think a psychologist could help, and help you feel better.

Answer 5

No, just confusion. Talk to a doctor about how you feel. It's about learning how to communicate your feelings. When I was in my teens and living with an alcoholic mother and 2 siblings younger than me, I somehow went into automatic pilot, emotionally shut down and took care of everything that had to be done.

When I left home and was in a secure environment with a nice boyfriend I started freaking out. I had all that pent up emotion for years. I went and saw a therapist and dealt with it. But I had to learn how to do it. There wasn't the internet around to figure things out with.

Answer 6

I don't think it's a disease, but it could be harmful. You shouldn't bottle everything up inside because there will come a day at some point where there isn't going to be anymore room and it's all going to come back out, and by that point it could cause a mental disorder or some form of mental trauma (Psyche breakdown). You really need to let it out somehow. If you have trouble talking to people trying writing it down, or even just talking aloud to yourself about it(in private of course, don't just wander around the mall talking to yourself), or if you feel comfortable enough with someone try opening up to them. It'll make you feel a lot better and will get easier with time.

Answer 7

It's not a mental illness I don't think.

If anything it seems like your minds way of protecting you from getting hurt. Your own personal defense mechanism. It's easier to ignore the bad things than deal with them head on.

I don't think it's a mental illness but could be a problem later on down the road... Whatever you hold inside is bound to come out sometime... You don't want to have all this built up tension. You may not feel it now but eventually it will affect you.

Since you can recognize the issue in yourself...

I'd try to open up a little more here and there...

make it a point to ALLOW YOURSELF to show more emotion.

hope it helps!

Answer 8

no it is not

Answer 9

that is called being a man, my son

look into sociopathy online