emotions

To Protect

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  • From sadness
  • From fear
  • From pain
  • From those who want to harm

That sums up my ideal superhero.

Thinking about it makes me cry, as I feel so powerless and unable to protect.

Reading a crisis scenario in a fantasy book I cry because the loss is beyond my ability to stop.

Postscript

The emotion involved with wanting to protect is significant and can feel overwhelming. I don’t know how I want to deal with the emotion. The usual techniques of distraction or rationalising thoughts help, but don’t deal with the emotion coming up again and again.

Missing: Intense emotions

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Description

Make coping in difficult situations even more difficult, and turn an “OK” situation into a nightmare.

Last seen

Unknown, I’m not sure when they dissipated, just that I have suddenly realised they are gone, and that what might be low might just be the absence of any intense emotions. Anxiety isn’t gone though (not an emotion).

Suspects

A medication known as aripiprazole. This effect only happened after I started taking it (along with increased anxiety, which seems to have faded)

Further steps

Speaking to medical professionals.

Additional notes

I miss the emotions.

Postscript

Doing different formats for blog posts is fun.