Does anyone else deal with extreme emotions + anxiety/depression?

[moonrose999]

I'm just curious to see if there are others out there like me. I am a hypersensitive person. I spent most of my life not being in touch with my emotions, but in the last couple of years I've gotten in touch with them and it's been overwhelming. Like they have been growing all these years and I had no idea they were there and I'm highly unprepared to deal with them.

During these emotional episodes, healthy coping strategies couldn't feel further away. Breathing doesn't seem to help. It would be nice to connect with someone who deals with similar feelings!

[FearIsALiar]

I deal with this as well! I was on anxiety meds last year and they made me feel so numb to my emotions. I felt nothing. At times where the saddest things could happen I wouldn’t even cry UNLESS I was really at my breaking point. It sure is overwhelming. I’m here if you wanna chat xx

[moonrose999]

Thank you, I've been ripping out weeds in the backyard as a solution for angry 😆

[Reading_Rando]

I've had very similar life experience. I spent alot of my life dissociating from my feelings and when I started getting in touch with them they started to become overwhelming. I still more or less dissociate from my feelings alot of the time. Whenever I take the time to actually feel what I'm feeling they are overwhelming. I wish I knew what else to do other than just pressing the mute button. That's how I deal with them but I don't recomend this.

I have a theory that people like me and you are people who are naturally very sensative but had to at some point had to learn to block out our feelings to emotionally surivive in the world. I wish I could be more constructive here, but I hope my insights might inspire some more insights in you.

[moonrose999 in reply to Reading_Rando]

Thanking you for responding! Even if there's not an easy solution, it's helpful to know I'm not the only one struggling with this. I don't have a great way of handling the emotions when they overwhelm me either. I definitely agree with your theory.