Is Numbness a Sign of Depression?

Yeah. the way you described it sounds like me. I can be happy and laugh and yet feel numb inside all the time. Very innocent looking but I have a mask behind my expression where I have a straight emotionless face. I only do this dark expression face when I'm alone. Sometimes, I would show it out in public because I can't help myself to feel that way.

it sounds similar to what I go through sometimes...thoughts go through my head like, "You don't love anyone, you are incapable of love." I do not think they are true, but sometimes it feels like it...

Wut I can tell u that none of us are suppose 2b happy 24/7 all our lives. We aren't to be happy/sad, just be! We are here to create & experience our world/life as it was intended, YEE are GOD/S! A property’s of our creator constantly changing...That’s it! The ISness is always changing/expanding as our thoughts create all worlds. Happiness is on us & how we react to all things, we are only thoughts of each other, experience & we R here to create. Pain is enviable, suffering is optional. You were given the 7senses,eat, sleep, see, hear touch/feel...all with a fantastic mind to run the magnificent machine etc. I say there are more senses, but science is all some ppl want 2 believe in.
You can compare u life to another/other who hasn't much time here, one w/out legs etc. You heard all that b4_let me tell u this though if u were in the middle of the Ocean w/out a lifeboat/raft u'd cry to the heavens for your life! So do know your in a safe place w/all u need to live & be happy. Think about that ok? You miracle's happened, now use the saving tools i give u here~♥~U R never alone>>

We all are created with love & with perfect spirit & the vessels that houses it_we/you can do/be anything/one u want 2b!!! !Magnificent machines w/all the essences & equipped w/a computerized/perfect mind wow! Huh? What do u think about that? You are MAGNIFICENT & can Conquer Anything..move the dam walls that confine u & set you FREE!

BE FEARLESS>>>

Many of us have been harmed & then some, we survive & know ppl who do this are sick as well. THEY give what was given to them. Wise ones know we don't hurt others just because! Forgiveness gives u back your power, you never owned that what was done to you, so don't use it & feed into it.

Never let them own you by throwing in the towel w/your own life & how it makes you feel. Live dam it! That’s the best dam revenge any of us can have...stop doing that_it's trash that needz 2 burn, it lightens your load..It’s so unnecessary to have to carry heaviness. Right all down that pains you... burn & bury it. Believe me you_it really works. It's mental healing~

"DON'T COMAPRE YOUR INSIDES TO EVERYONE'S OUTSIDES" They will fool u as you do them., it's their THOUGHTS & you don't own it...is anyone really going to like what we do? Approve? Of course not that's why we have free wills, it’s not right nor wrong, it’s just our thoughts. So if knowingly knowing, don’t harm anyone/thing b/c it comes back that way, positive/negative...this is why polarity was created/out it no divide we wouldn't know the difference on right wrong, they’d be nothing to compare one or the other to/with & we'd not be here discussion this or be even...

Except the things you can not change, change the things you can and have the courage & wisdom to know the diff~

Ive woke up this morning feeling that I cant face today, not in a suicidal way but that I havent got the energy. It was inevitable with my family history that I would end up battling depression myself. I am riddled with guilt about how I bring up my kids, but then on good days I feel like a good mum. I have three small children, none of which was I was postnatally depressed with. IfI anything it gave me an amazing feeling of responibilty, but this of course fades. I am on my own with them all the time and I feel some days I could just walk out the door and just keep walking. I also feel numb, like nothing anyone can say or do will snap me out of it......almost like im being stubborn, but im genuinely not. Its not just the kids, even before I had them I was always suffering. A lot has happened in my past which has lead me here today, the majority of which I have suffered alone. I dont know what to do anymore, i just want my kiddies to have a memorablle chldhood, for the right reasons and not treading on egg shells all their life in fear of upsetting me. I really dont know where to go from here

thank you all for your responses things are so much better with medication and therapy things can get better - i will always be on the lookout for those returning symptoms but until then smile when you can and use your support networks when necessary :-) xx if any one ever wants to chat just send me a message x

*sorry nervous breakdown not pressure period*

Hello,

I'm sorry your suffering, I know exactly how you feel. I feel exactly the same, a complete numbness, inability to feel good or bad things and a feeling of being locked inside myself. It's definitely a sign of depression. For me I know it s result of things being unresolved, but I feel like I can't get to what it is that I need to resolve. So I feel like I've just shut down. Antidepressants definitely create a flattening effect too which in my experience makes you numb. I first had the numbness following a really awful stressful need pressure period and i
guess i feel like I'm too scared to feel.

S x

I would love to chat. I always seem like I have so much to say but none of it ever comes out the way I want it to. For the past 7 years of my life, I've felt a numbness. Its on and off, like sometimes I'm legitimately happy and then other times I'm really depressed. There's a story behind it but I'd rather not post it on a public post. We should chat.

xMars

Hi, I found this guys on Youtube, he has a lot of videos that can help ! his name is Momo

look him up, Momo from TheMomoZone, you can even send him a question :)

I know EXACTLY what you mean. Sorry, I'm not up for chatting - but I wanted you to know that others get this same feeling at times. I urge you to recognise you ARE going into a depressive phase and to get help for it. {{{hugs}}}

I have also found caffeine to be a factor how I feel. I have been on and off of caffeine for long periods a couple of times. This time after five years without caffeine I consciously decided to resume using caffeine following the loss of my health insurance. Caffeine seems to help with my ADHD, but I will eventually give it up again because of its addictive properties and emotional effects, even though the ADHD will worsen unless I can hold out until I can get insurance. I certainly agree that if you use caffeine you need to study the issues.

Coffee ,coca-cola and everything with caffeine in it was making me feel depressed and numb and uninterested for everything and everybody . Same with chocolate . Since I stopped consuming those , about 6 months ago, things slowly started to get better . It was not easy to get off those things and I failed few times but now I am completely clean . I have small pizza store and before I would always wash, clean and prepare things for next working day in last possible moment because I was always depressed and numb ,so only when it was absolute must I would do things that were needed to be done . Since I stopped consuming things that have caffeine in it I feel so much happier and do everything that needs to be done right after busy hours are over and I am getting more and more busy and customers and people I meet smile to me more than ever before....or it is just me noticing now . Tea is same as coffee for me...even if it is suposedly tea without caffeine . It was extremely hard to do it but now I drink only water . And I do not believe in God in Bible terms but I agree with allissaxx who posted before me.

ive felt the extreme sadness of depression. now im just numb & uncharacteristically indifferent. i think i spent so much time trying to protect myself from the pain that ive gone too far in the other direction.

Sounds like dythsmia to me. Low level depression that buzzes along in the background all the time making you feel "wrong". With the wrong person, in the wrong place, doing the wrong things in your life, everything feels like it must be better but you can't figure out how or why.



Dythsmia will eventually blow up whenyou face a major negative life event and you'll remember all that time with dythsmia as OK times.



You need treatment, and now. Believe me, you do not want to go through the deep depression that will follow in time if you do nothing about it.



Act now while you can and it's still manageable and treatable. You don't know why do you? Therapy will help you find your answers. You wonder about these things a lot of the time. Why, when, how, what? Right? But you don't know the answers.

I know exactly how you... well how you don't feel. I've felt numb since about 6th grade. Happiness and Laughter seem so normal, but everything else is just nonexistent. I'm in 9th grade now. I've never been depressed, and I don't take medication for anything. I hope your question gets answered... I'd really help me to. :)

I know exactly how you... well how you don't feel. I've felt numb since about 6th grade. Happiness and Laughter seem so normal, but everything else is just nonexistent. I'm in 9th grade now. I've never been depressed, and I don't take medication for anything. I hope your question gets answered... I'd really help me to. :)

numbness is a sign. You should talk about what bothers you more, and you'll start to feel better. it's completely normal, although you should try and fix it in your own way, by relaxing. Even if you laugh and smile, it doesn't mean anything until later.

I feel that numbness to, I can have a very fun time laughing and being with my friends, but I feel numb, I thought it wasn't normal til I read this, I'm in 8 th grade, felt it since 6th, when I got depressed for the first time, so far, it's always in the back of my mind, I can only feel my emotions to a certain degree, I can't take meds, since I'm 13, but I just want the numbness to go away, or to not be able to feel my emotions at all, I know it's strange to say that, but it's true, I don't want to be able to feel sad, or angry, or even happy, I just want to feel... Loved

The numbness... stays. i've been diagnosed with depression for over 15 years, and that unfeeling is always there. It was probably my first symptom, i think, although i didn't realise what it was at the time.

are we talking psychic numbness or the addicto-depressive condition? I need a answer from you all first off.

I know how you feel. The numbness hit me like a train today, out of nowhere. Something triggered a memory of the last time I was happy, truly happy, without the meds, without the 'crazy' label. I lost it. I cried for 45 minutes and since that I've just been numb. The numbness is never good for me, it usually precipitates a visit to the Dr. to look at my prescriptions again. sigh.



I wish you all the best.

i agree your advice was missing the mark completely ghostmagic and i can assume if you cover your feelings and pretend to act like nothing is there eventually they will harm you even more soo, acting is appropriate to an extent but if you never face up to your feelings they will just bubble up and bubble up and bubble up.



people seem to think that depression is a bad thing like it is a sign of weakness or a sign of mental health problems and there is one word for that BULL ****!!!



depression happens when our bodies is crying out , it is saying pay attention dont run away from this.



we have got into the habit of thinking that WE SHOULDNT feel these feelings , and we hide from them noooo its not right to feel like this and its this numbness and depression that comes after years of avoiding certain feelings or unwanted feelings it builds up until your body starts screaming.



the only advice i will give is just let that feeling allow itself to express , even if it feels like the worst feeling ever and you going to go crazy , these are just very scary thoughts , just sit with them explore it and look into it. at first this will be mega hard but after a while these feelings will wear off because once you look at them you see that they aren't as serious as you thought they were. we just build a story around the feeling when we try to push it away or repress it,



just let it come :) say hello to it

Ok, I'm sorry GhostMagic but you have no idea what you're talking about when you say depression isn't a big thing. You even said it yourself, you're not even depressed. Some people get so depressed that their body begins to shut down. I know someone's Dad that was so depressed that his body began to actually shut down, and then he shot himself. Does that not sound like a big thing to you?



LeeAnn; Numbness to me is a sign of depression, but it's not TOO bad yet. You should still try to do something about it though. Surround yourself with friends that make you laugh. Try to stop and think about how wonderful life can be and how lucky you are to be here to enjoy it. I know it's hard, I have problems like yours too. And I know this is probably dumb, but watch "American Beauty" That movie really gave me a new outlook on things. :P

The only time I've experienced numbness is when I'm dealt such a great blow of sadness that my body can't quite comprehend of undertake it, and it just cancels out all emotion in my for a while, so I can cope with the sadness little by little. I'm not sure if this helps or not.

I have bipolar disorder. I feel depression/pain/numbness... all these things i fell to a deeper extent than the normal person. (i also get manic where i'm high/really happy) anyways i totally understand what you are saying. some people are hyper sensitive to emotions. really the only people who understand what you are saying are those people like us who feel the pain deep within our souls. for the normal person to say i know what you're talking about... they have no ideas. i'm always here if you need a friend who understands. It's not easy but there are ways to help.

I have felt that way, I could keep on with my daily activities but I felt like a robot, I started eating a lot gained some weight became even more depressed, I became sort of bulimic always feeling the need to loose weight I couldn't sleep until I had enough I went to the psychologist, than I was sent to psychitrist, my diagnosis was dysthymia I was prescribed antidepressants tried many of them, I saw the light on prozac but deep inside I feel guilt because I know is a falacy, my happines is not real, I am scared I even started manipulating my doctor to give me more meds, I feel lost, in mexico both of the drugs can be bought without prescription, I just don't know if I need them, I feel weak becase I cannot fight my insecurities without this meds.

I just wander what will happen once I stop using them, I am scared of the side effects of these medication, they mess with your brain.

Be STRONG don't take the easiest path, it only makes things harder, nothing is real you are just hiding from your problems instead overcoming them, you have no idea much I regret my desicion, I am scared of not beign accepted as the quiet shy girl, I am scared of gaining weight if I stop the treatment, I am scared of REALITY, of facing my darkest fears, really really scared because sooner or later I will and I have been there is not easy, is painful, scary, confusing, dark, just deal with it, now that you can!!!

Maybe this could help?... If you feel depressed, just do what actors do, act, act not-depressed, act wide awake, act bored and staring, remember to take longest deepest breathes, inhales and exhales to push the thought away..and act something, act/pretend/imagine/blank thought/staring thought and don;t forget to breathe... depression isn't a big thing,,you just gotta know things, learn new things to deal with it, remember old things that will make you depressed to counter act with your new in-sight/knowledge to your "own brain"..... Msg Me if this works..i've never been depressed myself.. im a type of person that just desnt deal with bad emotions/moods/thoughts..i just leave those alone...why remember something that, bad, if its just going to make you not learn anything good or better to make you a new or different person of your old self with a new mix...All your basically doing is, reading new thoughts, remembering new thoughts,..might wanna write this down on a specific paper,save cd, memory card to help you remember for a life long accession[to increase, by something added]]............remember, i said, act like an actor with your emotions, or wherever depression comes from...mood/emotion/vibes/thoughts/breathing/words/............. Which is better, Balance of Good and Normal, or Good and Nothing/Blank thoughts??

i have felt numb from depression. it has gotten very bad due to certain life circumstances. i think the best thing to do is to not think about your feelings, remember that emotions are temporary. one moment we can be happy, the next moment sad or frustrated. don't let the emotions control your life and instead, focus on what you are doing. go out and get sunshine; if you're an extrovert, get out among people. exercise to feel happier, and just think positive. ie. if you lose the opportunity to get a job, think about what you can do to secure the next one. take it in stride. that's what i'm doing, and i've been depressed since i was 13.

I understand what you mean about going numb. In my personal experience with depression it settles itself right in beside loosing my ability to care and connect. I'll even see what's happening and know it but I won't care - won't want to , try to, and if I try I find I can't. It's like a total feeling of indifference for me - it doesn't matter what happens.

i think thats normal. i've reached that point were i've been depressed long enough for me to think that there's nothing left in me to feel with. i call it apathy and i've been feeling a lot of it lately. i think i've hit rock bottom or close to it