double posting on here! it's a streak
i need to get something off my chest here, really. i haven't told anyone this. at all. but it feels kind of safe posting on here, even though i know it isn't.
i don't really feel things very strongly anymore. i've heard people say that things "don't feel real", and, although that's not the case for me, i think i understand. i KNOW things are real, but i don't feel a strong connection to them. i don't feel a lot of sadness or excitement. i used to cry a lot. it wouldn't be hard to make me cry. but i've cried maybe twice genuinely this past year. i just don't feel much true joy or anger. it has to be triggered. and when i do feel it, it's either like 10 or 70. i don't feel emotions too strongly, but when i do feel them genuinely, it's very strong.
things just don't affect me. i understand social etiquette; i understand it very well, actually. i know how to interact with people, that's not the issue. i just don't care enough, unless i have a genuine reason to. i sugarcoat things, but i'm honest too and that bluntness scares me. or it doesn't. it doesn't scare me. but it feels abnormal to not care.
it also seems to depend on who i'm with. when i'm with my friends, i think i have a genuinely good time. but i feel absolutely exhausted afterwards. like serious social burnout. i like being around people, but i get so tired from it! being around my parents, i just don't feel much emotion-wise anymore. mostly frustration.
it's such a weird paradox. i dunno.