I feel like I get nothing emotionally out of socializing with people. Even when I’m around close friends and family, I basically feel nothing. This makes it so I don’t even go out seeking social events anymore and have a lot of difficulty making friends. I know that I have to go outside and interact with people instead of staying in my bedroom 24/7 like some kind of hermit if I want to be a healthy and well adjusted adult, but I have no drive to do so. It’s not even a social anxiety issue or a lack of social skills. When I am around others, they even tend to like me. I feel like some kind of sociopath for not being able to like them back though.
Does anyone else have this issue? Is there anything I can do about it? The past several years of my life since I stopped beating myself up my emotional state has been basically a flat line. I feel live I’m incapable of truly living as opposed to just continuing to exist.
I have tried various antidepressants and am on a few currently. They blunted the negative, but didn’t bring out the positive.
That sounds right. Anti-depressents won’t make you “happy”, but if you’re on a medication that is effective for your conditions and needs it should allow you to experience joy, happiness, and satisfaction that were being blocked by depression. The medication doesn’t create happiness, but rather removes negative symptoms to create a place where happiness, joy, and excitement become possible.