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writes: I seem to have no emotions. This is something so weird and it has not gone away, I don't know how to deal with it. Around the time I was 19 I started to "not feel" much. I thought it was just a normal thing, you know, after the crazy hormonal changes that you go through in puberty, I thought it was like going into "adulthood" after puberty ends. But then I started feeling a bit "empty", as if nothing interested me anymore, and yeah, I kinda stopped feeling interested in many things. I used to be very creative, and I stopped being creative, etc. I just thought it'd pass but I guess I got used to it. One of the things which bothers me most is that now I have no libido at all. Nothing turns me on. I don't know if it's related to the other things, but it sucks! Maybe it's because I used to watch porn as a teen, because now not even porn turns me on. I don't know... and it feels so embarrassing to talk about this with either a doctor or a shrink. I want to get turned on again. It's very frustrating... I have sexual wants, but when I make them happen my body doesn't respond. The only times in which I get turned on and I get those feelings "down there" and everything are when I dream sexy things. Sometimes even very tame things like dreaming about kissing a guy I find hot turn me on. But then in real life when I kiss a guy I feel attracted to, nothing happens. Maybe I have a mental block, I don't know. I'm 22 now, so it's been years without ever getting turned on. I don't know who to see to get help or what to do, like I said, talking about this stuff one on one with someone else feels so embarrassing... even if they're medical professionals who deal constantly with these issues.How do I work up the courage to get help? Also, I still live with my parents so it'd be hard to explain why I go to the shrink or doctor or whatever. I feel I'm too young to be living with this.
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reader, anonymous, writes (10 July 2011): Hi
You should get creative again it has great healing qualities if you are down . Often creative people paint/ dance etc their emotions, this may just be the way you express emotion and very talented .
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reader, CaringGuy  +, writes (9 July 2011):
To be honest, it sounds like you're suffering from depression. Low libido, lack of emotions etc are often a sign of depression. I think I would recommend to you that you get checked out by a doctor, and perhaps even see a therapist to try and find out why you feel this way.
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reader, sammy1986 +, writes (9 July 2011):
have you been hurt by men before because that can stop you feeling anything as you may feel numb if this is the case it will pass when you meet someone you really like or maybe you are suffering from depression which lowers your libido
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