Venting i cant cry without being hurt

[nopurposeinanything]

because of the SSRIs im taking they make my emotions feel so muted. It has been incredibly difficult to cry. The only way to get my feelings out in a way is to self harm, but that disent make me feel much better. I want to cry, its the only thing i wanted for so long. I have to be actively yelled at or something to even start crying. Even if i get a few tears out, they'll go right back in. I hate this so much.

 

[Always-in-trouble]

because of the SSRIs im taking they make my emotions feel so muted. It has been incredibly difficult to cry. The only way to get my feelings out in a way is to self harm, but that disent make me feel much better. I want to cry, its the only thing i wanted for so long. I have to be actively yelled at or something to even start crying. Even if i get a few tears out, they'll go right back in. I hate this so much.

Kinda relate to this, though I suppressed mine by myself and won't cry even with pain. I just shut down hard or joke it off.

 

[barely_afloat]

I have the same problem. kinda? I'm mostly numb but experience strong emotions from time to time.

you could be on a dose that's too high for you. it's common for SSRIs to blunt your emotions or cause apathy. it's not well studied, but there's a lot of cases where lowering dosage helped. maybe you can talk to your psych about it

 

[MrWebBrowser]

I relate to this a lot. Even at my worst, I can almost never seem to actually cry, which really sucks. I know I used to cry a ton when I was younger. Guess I figured out how to stop. Yay...

Worse for me is when I then proceed to cry at something that's not that bad, and then feel stupid for it. Pairs with the 'never cry' thing fantastically.