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Despair by Edvard Munch (1894) captures emotional detachment seen in Borderline Personality Disorder. [1] [2]In psychology, emotional detachment, also known as emotional blunting, is a condition or state in which a person lacks emotional connectivity to others, whether due to an unwanted circumstance or as a positive means to cope with anxiety.
Early studies showed evidence that there may be an interhemispheric transfer deficit among people with alexithymia; that is, the emotional information from the right hemisphere of the brain is not being properly transferred to the language regions in the left hemisphere, as can be caused by a decreased corpus callosum, often present in ...
Fear of intimacy is generally a social phobia and anxiety disorder resulting in difficulty forming close relationships with another person. The term can also refer to a scale on a psychometric test, or a type of adult in attachment theory psychology. The fear of intimacy is the fear of being emotionally and/or physically close to another ...
I often wake up feeling optimistic, and if anyone ever asked me if I were grateful for my life, I would insist truthfully that I am very, very grateful. But in a way gratitude misses the point. You can be grateful for something and still not be up to the task. I have not escaped from this desire to die. It waxes and wanes.
“Validate feelings first and listen so kids, and especially teens, can express and feel their emotions. It’s easier to move through a highly-charged situation when you feel someone understands ...
Depersonalization is described as feeling disconnected or detached from one's self. Individuals may report feeling as if they are an outside observer of their own thoughts or body, and often report feeling a loss of control over their thoughts or actions. [5] Derealization is described as detachment from one's surroundings.
Multitasking leaves us feeling more stressed. Studies also indicate that multitasking can leave people feeling higher levels of anxiety, depression and chronic stress. “A common dynamic I see is ...
Image credits: SailorVenus23 Before you make any drastic changes in your life—say, at the start of the new year to become a better version of yourself—talk to your doctor.