With no malicious or hostile feelings or the intention to destroy the lives of other people, simply no affection. Can it be treated somehow? Serious answers please.
2006-07-28 23:04:36 · 7 answers · asked by ted 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I've heard of a condition called emotionless psychopathy, which is along those lines but perhaps with hostility involved. It's been a while since I studied this, but there is a psychologist called John Bowlby who did a lot of research into attachment so it might be worth putting him into a search engine and seeing if you get any joy. You could also search under depression - one type of depression is called dysthymic disorder which could show similar symptoms.
2006-07-28 23:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by bertha 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your friend may have Asperger's Syndrome. I've included a link so that you can check the rest of the symptoms. Most 'aspies' don't feel that there's anything 'wrong' with them; they're just different, so it's hard to say if there's a way to treat this condition.
If this person is involved with someone who doesn't need any emotional feedback that could work out. Otherwise, it's a little bit of a struggle, with one person demanding demonstrations of affection and the other failing to give it and clueless as to why there's a problem.
Most aspies are capable of caring, just not able to show it very well.
2006-07-28 23:18:43 · answer #2 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who suffer tramatic or horrifing events, like life threatning things where they are heples to what is happing may have these symptoms of emetional numbness. Often times returing soilders from a war have the same thing. Its part of what is ptsd. or post truamatic stress disorder. It can afect other people with out u even realizing it, like family or loved ones. having feeling the same thing my self sice i spent a year in iraq and know i have been bacck for 2 yrs i am just starting to acept that i have emotional nimbness and it does seen to be helping a little but u should talk to a doc about it.
2006-07-29 01:28:26 · answer #3 · answered by Ryan R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of something like this called attachment disorder, I think it is. A juvenile we were dealing with at PD had this. She was abused/neglected as a small child, and she simply didn't have any feelings toward anyone.
2006-07-28 23:08:51 · answer #4 · answered by pvpd73127 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes this could happen
when a person has been badly hurt
emotionally, he turns feelings off as a defense
2006-07-29 01:32:33 · answer #5 · answered by heartofglass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called 'cold-hearted'.You treat it with lots and lots of love,compassion,and mostly patient....
2006-07-28 23:10:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psychopath, sociopath, go get some help.
2006-07-28 23:09:16 · answer #7 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋