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ConfusedParticipantHaha i wish but at this point i feel completely apathetic towards her.. We were texting and i was feeling im doing it out of obligation. Its very strange how i cry when i wake up and then nothing. How would that be being in love 🙁
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
I feel like mine are not connected at all, i want different things but i can’t feel them.
Well, i meant like most people, not many, u are right.
Today as soon i woke up twice for no reason, my mind instantly went to her, started the negative thoughts, then i got up and i cried saying in my thoughts: “i can’t do this, she’s my little heart” (a saying we have in greece which is literally how it translates but shows affection and connection). Also, when i saw her message today i felt my stomach/heart drop for a second or two.
I was out with friends and i can’t enjoy anything, everything seems without meaning, food, friends, jokes, money.. and i am constantly thinking of her.
ConfusedParticipantI appreciate it too but the problem is with my feelings 🙁
I think i’ve never learned to appreciate people like that, i was only basing my actions on what i would be feeling, rather on focusing on positive things like that.
I cant understand ur point about thoughts and feelings.
But why would it be up and then all the way down, can’t it stay in the middle like all people? 🙁
ConfusedParticipantShe is kinda religious yes, she used to pray and light candles for me since the summer in 2025, she also bought me a guardian bell for the motorcycle (idk if u know what this is) 🙂
I felt nothing at first, felt like i “should be feeling” something about such a sweet thing so i told her that what she did was very kind and sweet, also very rare and noone has ever treated me like this before. When i typed my previous message i was crying hard and feeling like i don’t deserve her, now i feel nothing again.
ConfusedParticipantHaha pain turns me to a poet i guess
U are right but i feel ungrateful and worthless. Two days ago, she told me (and she was scared i would cringe or get angry) that when she went to pray and light candles, she lit one for my mother too (which is deceased and she doesn’t know her ofc). And that was so deep that reflected my own void and worthlesness again 🙁
I think u did say that to me yeah, i will look into it in a while 🙂
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
Haha it’s exactly how i felt at that moment!
Is it? Or is it nostalgia/sorrow about “what could have been” ? if that’s so, then why don’t i feel excited since nothing changed on her end? I guess my state changed..
I get your point yeah, i remember a week before i got hit by this, i was feeling overwhelmed by feelings for her, surging through my whole body like i would explode.
But now, desert.. It’s so distressing..
ConfusedParticipantI read copilot’s opinion and i am not sure. I suspect anhedonia/depression kicked in first because i can’t explain it otherwise. If the issue was the commitment then i would feel free to walk away and live my life, but that’s not the case.
You are right that we’re both anxious about it, because noone wants to lose one another i think. But my anxiety comes from my lack of feelings. Today we called and watched a movie and in the first 30 minutes i wanted to disappear. My mind was “u are bored of her” and my ears would feel very hot. But i stayed and then we videocalled for the next 6 hours, which was fine. Not as fun as yesterday but still alright. In the end she was teasing me about her being single and i think i didnt take it very well (in my mind) but i teased her back, so i think all good.
I was looking at her, whilst seeing the beautiful girl i’ve once fell for, now my soul is just empty/void. I think of sweetness/affection and i feel nothing. Not with her, or any other human being. It’s like i’m devoid of affection right now. But who knows, maybe the up-close connection will be different like December.
In the evening i was thinking of her and i was fine, then my mind imagined her leaving my life and i felt a huge void in my chest like vacuum. I think she would leave a gaping hole in my chest if she left.
ConfusedParticipantHey anita, thank you for your replies, i will respond later in the night when i’ll have time to read the messages 🙂
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
I would say the same but then my mind says: maybe it’s not real and its ur need for attachment projected, constant doubts.
Yeah we did have the videocall for 8 hours, we laughed, we teased and we discussed something in the end that was kinda the November talk that possibly triggered me, but this time i voiced my opinions and didnt get triggered. Basically she asked me what my “goals” are in the love department, hers is to get married eventually, that’s why she dates, not for fun. I told her i dont care about marriage, i want a partner to share my life with and possibly build together and be there for each other, marriage or not i dont really care. I told her i would marry my girl if that’s what she wanted but it doesn’t make a difference for me. She said “so u will compromise”, i said it’s not really a compromise for me since i dont feel like im giving something up, my feelings don’t change marriage or not. So probably she didnt like this answer. Then she asked me again if i would be willing to leave my friends and move to Cyprus and i asked her if she would move to Greece, she said “if u make me feel like it” and i said the same to her. I told her i dont prioritize my friends in my life choices since my friends will eventually build their own families and leave me behind, so i have my future girlfriend as a priority because that’s the person i’ll end up spending my life with, supposedly. She said that she’s having a hard time living away from her family but she would consider. So i told her that the issue here is more on her side, since my “obstacles” are just logistics (job-property) and hers is emotional attachment. But anyway, we both agreed that we have to spend time together if we want to see if it works, but now she’s anxious (like me) that if she visits me and it doesn’t work out, then what? (meaning we will be again blocked with anxiety), but i told her that if we meet with this mindset ofc we will not feel anything positive since we’re filled with fear and preoccupation, but why wouldn’t it work since we both felt amazing in December? She said “idk” and then we left it at that.
What’s ur opinion anita? Could this have been my major trigger (commitmentphobe) that shut me down?
ConfusedParticipantThank you anita! 🙂
I did a dumb thing and i checked a forum about numbness in relationships and people say “u’ve already checked out, just let them go” and i felt discomfort/triggered, like it’s the truth i am not admitting all along. In the thought of ending things and hurting her i started crying saying “not my baby, no!”. Idk what is going on right now but i think it’s one of the worst moments.
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
Yeah so i didnt want to have this issue and ended up quitting SSRIs, i didnt want another problem on top of the previous ones..
I am not sure but it fits into retroactive jealousy theme of ROCD.. haha u could look it up.
Could be yes, a mean to never allow the connection fully.
Damn today has been a hard day.. My mind is constantly ruminating, what if this, what if that, what if i dont want her, what if i never wanted her, why am i texting her since i’m not feeling good about it? All those things.. We will probably videocall later but i am so scared that i will be bored and feel nothing 🙁
ConfusedParticipantYeah i know it’s not the same for everyone..
It was like numb orgasms haha
I think that’s called retroactive jealousy on ROCD?
Those thoughts were hiding ur feelings?
ConfusedParticipantI’ve had a thing when i took Escitalopram for the first week (i only took it for 10 days tho), where i would feel weird numb sensations in my body and i quit.
Wow, i wonder how that feels.. What were ur obsessive loops?
I hope i find it in this lifetime 🙂
ConfusedParticipantYeah that’s how i was thinking of her before November, i wanted to overwhelm her with love and affection!
Hmm, perhaps my experience is no different..I dont remember myself ever feeling truly happy for a long time.
Did u have any side effects with SSRIs other than when u tried getting off of them? What do u mean by clarity? on which part?
I think so too, when i said that i would feel overwhelmed with emotion (crying)
And then this, distant, disconnected.
Damn i want this to stop 🙁
ConfusedParticipantDamn i am jealous anita. How was your experience with Major depression? How long did it last? I also remember u took meds.
An hour ago i noticed something my mind does.. I was seeing again a cute bear-couple reel (dudu & bubu) because for some reason i’m a fan in the last 3 days haha, i related her to Bubu (the female one) and i started crying while i was riding the scooter, my mind was “she’s my Bubu” (because that’s how i wanted to treat her before November) but 5 minutes later, a thought came: “She’s not really something special, she’s just a girl that u met for 3 days only IRL, of course it’s not gonna feel good when u’re together”, and i felt this sense of uneasiness and dysphoria, then tried to look at the reel again (the one who got me crying a lot, to check if it would still work) and i felt nothing, it was as if this thought froze my feelings for a while and i think that’s a mechanism or what?
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