“If you cut me do I not bleed?”
Why do you react emotionally? For me emotion is a bit of
an alien concept. I feel more now than I did on the higher antipsychotic dose but
there still seems to be a disconnection there.
For example, I recently saw a loved one crying and yet I
felt nothing. In my head I knew that they were upset so my logical reaction was
to console them because that’s what you do in those situations.
In reading this you’ll probably consider me a rather cold
individual (maybe even a Vulcan?) who only cares because that is what ‘should’
be done. But hang on a second.
What if this emotional detachment could be a natural part
of growing up that is generally experienced during childhood when a person isn’t
so aware of their thoughts; but in my case (because of my condition) it is
something I am coming to as an adult?
In other words am I more cognisant of the process of developing
emotions because I am older than people generally are when they engage with
them?
And could this ring true for other people who are in my
situation?
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