I want to be emotionally numb...?

Question

I have to many things wrong right now. I don't want to feel anymore. How can I turn my emotions off? I'd prefer to die but suicide isn't an option.

I don't want anyone to tell me to just cheer up because you have no idea how much I have wrong in my life.

I am 100% serious about all of this.

Answer 1

Make sure you can find the right person to talk to so you can vent, don't keep everything bottled up. Everyone goes through ups and downs, just look forward to the ups, they will come around again, give it time. You can not turn off your emotions you just have to learn to control them a little. Ya gotta go through Hell before you get to Heaven. Do NOT turn to drugs or alcohol it WILL make things worse!

Answer 2

No you don't want to be emotionally numb - that would lead to mental illness of some kind (not a psychologist) Having had a lot of pain & suffering in my life the only things I know that may help is for you to practice living in the moment. It's a form of meditation which you incorporate into your daily activities - ie when you find something occupying your thought which is upsetting - you just gently bring your attention back to the task at hand and just work on that. We cannot force our minds to stop going with the emotions we can only gently encourage our minds to stay on track.
I would also suggest you do something you enjoy regularly every day like exercising or going for a walk, writing in a journal - just taking a time out and loving that special time. It can be anything you want - just let yourself know you are taking a break from any worry.
If you don't already you could take a meditation class or therapy that will help you to bring out into the open any issues you have deep within. Take care.

Answer 3

Sweetie ((HUG))) get a friend or family member, go see your doctor. Get a refferal for therapy and a RX for some sleeping pills. Get some rest- some good solid sleep and talk to someone. It sounds like there is alot going on with you- and the thing of it is that is that the emotionally numb will only work for a short time. Go numb get your rest- but if things are going to get better you have to tackle some things. Therapy is great for this- they are an objective 3rd party that can help you prioritize and weed through your concerns- Instead of you jumbling them all in together and getting over whelmed. My dad told me something once that really stuck with me- of all the things you worry about- you can only change 25%. When you are a little stronger sit down and figure out what you can change, concentrate on that. The rest is wasted energy. You will be ok- but tonight- eat chocolate, stare into space, disconnect. Have your time- you will be stronger tomorrow.

Answer 4

As a mental health professional with 20+ years experience, now retired, I can tell you two things about your request. Number one is that "Our lady of sorrows" is absolutely correct. Being an alive human being, you cannot, absolutely cannot, turn off your emotions. If you live and breathe, you just lost the contest. You will always feel, even if you try to drink and / or drug yourself into emotional oblivion. That being said, there is a well known therapeutic intervention called "systematic desensitization", the sole purpose of which is to lessen one's emotional response to stimuli that upsets them one way or another. That is the only thing I can properly recommend to you since it's impossible to stop feeling as long as you're alive. You can look it up in some psychology book and you can talk to psychologists or other mental health professionals about it and you can actually engage in psychotherapy with a therapist who is proficient at it, and get some emotional restraint in life, for how long is dependent on you and your life situations. Good luck. God Bless you.

Answer 5

well your gunna do what your gunna do. you can't turn emotions off, as much as you can try it's not gunna happen. you will always feel somthing, even numb is a feeling... i lost many friends to suicide, and almost did it myself. it sucks. but i think you should try talking about your problems with your friends, thats what friends are for. instead of feeling like ****, express it a some form of art, music, a way to relieve stress. and whatever your going through right now, even if it's so major in your life, in time maybe a week, a month, or if it takes that long a year, you'll get over it. trust me i'm not just saying this

note, this is only advice that got ME through my ****, if you want hit me up, **** i'm writing this all so i atleast kinda know what i'm talking about. your choice, i'm just here to help

Answer 6

Have faith that the bad never lingers for long unless you let it be... know that you have the power to change & turn your life around.
Take a holiday, go somewhere to contemplate & gain a fresh perspective.
Think 'bout the good that you've experienced before this sudden change of event(s). They certainly can't all be that tragic (?!) Once you're certain on the next step, take small steps to improve it.
Get a friend or family member to guide you during this process.
Hope that helped. God Bless.

Answer 7

by writting this question you are obviously wanting help.

You obviously cant cheer up, and you obviously think you have more problems than anyone else.

Start writing done all the things you are worring about and read them over and over then answer all your worrys with something even worse that could go wrong. It may help you realise that there is always something worse than were you are know.

An hey go the the doctor and get on some anti depressants

Answer 8

Ever seen that commercial "Life comes at you fast!". It does. Your fortunes can (and probably will) change in a blink...sometimes for the better, sometimes not. There have been several times in my life I've considered eating a bullet, but things have always leveled out. Try to address the things that are bothering you one at a time, battling all of them at once will leave you drained. Get some excercise, even a walk will help.

Answer 9

wow- i'm really sorry. if you go numb now, it creates even more problems that you have to solve somewhere down the line.

How about making a list of things you want to change and start working on just that one thing. Don't even look at the list again for another year.

Good luck.

Answer 10

I once heard that emotions are like waves. You can't choose which ones come to you, but you can choose which ones to ride.

It's helps me to imagine that I have an on/off switch somewhere in my brain. I just turn it off, and the emotions melt away.