All of us have ever found ourselves without courage or without wanting to do anything, without interest or pleasure in anything we do and even for anyone, as if everything did not matter to us. That feeling can be temporary and mean nothing, one cannot always be 100%, But if it is prolonged, we must be vigilant because it could indicate something else, at which point we should ask for help.
Keep reading this Psychology-Online article in which we answer the question of why I don't feel anything for anyone and what to do about.
Not feeling anything for anyone can have different causes as well as different conditions as we have seen in the previous section. All of them have a neurological basis that helps explain why you do not feel love for anything or anyone. Environmental conditions and our life experiences also play a key role in triggering this state. For example, anhedonia can be induced by chronic stress.
The most common cause is usually going through a period of depression, whether mild, moderate or severe, and whether or not we are aware of it.
Living with this condition may lead you to ask yourself: what if I don't feel anything for anyone? Is it normal? Having a period of emotional absence, feeling nothing for anything or anyone, anhedonia, emotional blockage or alexithymia, can be normal during a grieving process, after the death of someone significant, the loss of a loved one, the experience of an event traumatic, etc.
The problem arises when this state of apathy lasts for a long time, usually more than six months and / or that, although we want to get rid of it, it costs us, we do not know or cannot. In this case, it may be a symptom of the onset of depression, so it is advisable to visit a professional psychologist to help us identify what happens to us and recommend the best therapy.
If you at least want or have the determination to feel emotions again, you already feel something! Here are some ideas that can be added to end this anhedonic state:
- Get out of your comfort zoneNot even to feel those nerves a little again, that excitement, adrenaline, etc.
- Do sports. Keeping doing things is important to avoid immersing yourself in anhedonia, and doing sports also helps us release endorphins and feel better.
- Take walks in the sun. Walking in the morning sun can also help us feel better, and some studies support light therapy as a therapy for depressive states.
- Sleep well. Sleeping well is important for a lot of things, among them, it has been seen that getting a good night's sleep during the hours that it touches and at night helps prevent anhedonic states.
- Strengthen your working memory. Although it may seem shocking, a recent study maintains that training working memory can improve anhedonia and depressive symptoms.
- Psychological therapy. The guidance of a specialist in therapy is always the best option to pull forward, both for be able to identify the causes of your condition so as to offer you a therapy and follow-up adapted to your case.
- Antidepressants Antidepressants, always prescribed by a specialist beforehand, are not a definitive cure, but they can help pave the way for recovery.
- Legal psychostimulants, such as caffeine, which activate dopaminergic pathways, can also help, as can antidepressants.
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
