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I think I relate to this- although I wouldn't say that I "feel nothing" when nothing extreme is happening in my life. I do get bored, though. And I don't walk around in the throes of some emotion all of the time. But I don't think anyone does...

In a relationship, I address the matter through things like edgeplay and even practising extreme sports together etc. Can you ski? (Not if you're from where I seem to remember you from) Surf? (Kitesurfing is fun, bet you'd love it) Riding roller coasters. Hiking deep into the woods with only a few sparse supplies and a compass. That sort of thing. It is also helpful to set personal challenges for oneself. For me, the problem arises with following through. I get distracted from and fed up of things easily.

You may also find yourself picking fights sometimes. I have at tendency to do this, but until fairly recently I wasn't self-aware concerning this. Can't say that it stops me altogether, but I am trying.

by White Oleander

You may also find yourself picking fights sometimes. I have at tendency to do this, but until fairly recently I wasn't self-aware concerning this. Can't say that it stops me altogether, but I am trying.

i cant help with relationships, but i can understand that^, even outside of relationships. i have to prepare myself and examine situations to avoid such conflicts. but sometimes it gets me off-guard anyway. i was also not self-aware about it for quite some time. i even forget the angry emotions after the fight, but i imagine i did have them.

Yeah. Pick fights. Been doing a little of that lately, but squashed it not long after. SW became a good source for that, for me. But that was back when more adults came around. 

The kids that come here now are not much of a challenge. It's like picking fights with a bunch of warped Disney characters.

"The kids that come here now are not much of a challenge. It's like picking fights with a bunch of warped Disney characters."

Disney has some fun villains... but some of the people here seem to remind me of a less charismatic version of this bunch:








We need more Maleficents, Jafars, and Scars. I'd even take an Ursula or Claud Frolo over these simpler ones.

Ouuu! Someone should start a thread linking Disney villains to the posters here. I would, but my knowledge of Disney lore is sparse. Also, I'm lazy. :P

Let me help.

But can I ask those people in my intimate life to expect nothing from me during such times?

You can try it. The results will probably depend on whether they care about you enough to keep you around when you have nothing to offer, and whether or not it seems like you're expecting them to give you something (patience, understanding) while explicitly saying that you will give them nothing.

Or should I keep trying to find ways to get high enough to feel something?

I don't know what you want to feel, or how detrimental the lack of feeling is to your life to be able to determine which would be better.

Can you feel close to someone who goes blank when nothing extreme is happening? 

I don't think that has any impact on whether or not I like someone.

Not sure if i can relate - never been the introspective type, my feelings are all induced by the sensory effects of the external world (or the memory of those stored in my head). Sight, sound, taste & smell can fill me with exuberant joy or abject dread, yet interpersonal going-ons (except with a very small select number of people) barely even register on my radar.

But i relate very much to the traveling bit. It's my drug (which i can't afford much, sadly).

Genius. :)

by Turncoat

"The kids that come here now are not much of a challenge. It's like picking fights with a bunch of warped Disney characters."

Disney has some fun villains... but some of the people here seem to remind me of a less charismatic version of this bunch:








We need more Maleficent's, Jafar's, and Scar's. I'd even take an Ursula or Claud Frolo over these simpler ones.