Does anyone know this feeling? I'm neither good nor bad, and I hate that. It drives me crazy and I get extremely worked up about it. I hate not knowing what I feel. Does anyone else have this? And if so, how do you deal with it?
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Yes all the time… I can be sure with strong emotions (ex: anger, sadness) but most of the time I really don’t know what I’m feeling. My therapist told me to get a emotion word list (like this example you can find it on pinterest) and try to name my emotion.
This pic I found on https://pin.it/cMGJ2Fupq
Yay! ☺️
Thank you😊I find that very helpful
I am feeling it right now. This phase was so unexpectedly peaceful actually. I feel like I don’t have emotions anymore but I know they are just there but I couldn’t reach them or I don’t want to reach them. It’s like my body is just void and I am in a simulator with my own body. Everything feels like a dream or something. It’s like everything will end when I woke up.
Why do you have to be only good or bad? I am sure you are good. Maybe made some bad choices, some bad investments or had some bad behavior at times. But you are human so you’re not going to be good or make good choices, decisions, etc… all the time. We make mistakes, me have poor judgement at times, but we also love, like, support in people too. You’re in this tribe for a reason. You’re taking steps to learning more about yourself and your ADHD that tells me you’re doing good. 🎉 celebrate! Eat cake! Revel in this win and know you, we are, ALL GOOD!!
It mistranslated the first sentence, it’s meant to say that she doesn’t know if she’s feeling good or bad
I know it, I describe it like a frosted glass wall between me and my feelings (there's even a scientific term for it), almost every person has this to a certain degree, some more, most rather less. For example, I mostly only notice anger, frustration, and when I'm very happy; the rest more as physical reactions.
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