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Is it normal to not feel pain when someone dies?
In grief, it is common to experience emotional numbness, especially in the days to weeks following the death. Under any circumstance, feeling nothing feels awful.
What causes no feeling emotion?
Depression and anxiety are two of the most common causes. Severe levels of acute elevated stress or nervousness can also trigger feelings of emotional numbness. Post-traumatic stress disorder, which can be tied to depression and anxiety, can cause you to feel numb, too. Some medications can also cause numbness.
Is it bad if I don’t feel sad when someone dies?
Feeling sad because of death is a societal norm but if you lack this emotional response it doesn’t make you a bad person. If death made you happy or excited then that would be an issue. Feeling nothing just means that you haven’t felt sympathy for those who feel the loss and you don’t feel any projected loss yourself.
Why don’t people feel anything when a person dies?
So the reason why someone wouldn’t feel anything when a person dies is because they probably have a very pragmatic – present focused view of the situation. The person is dead – that’s it. The death of a person (tragic as it can be) isn’t inherently sad – hence no feeling.
What happens when you remember someone who died with negative feelings?
Remembering the person who has died with negative feelings can feel somehow feel disingenuous, unfair or even untrue. It can lead to a sense of ambivalence about the true nature of your feelings, and a desire to keep these feelings hidden for fear of upsetting others.
Is it normal to feel emotionally numb when you lose someone?
In some cases, victims of loss aren’t overwhelmed with difficult emotions, but feel emotionally numb instead. This is a normal reaction, which typically occurs when someone loses someone or something suddenly and unexpectedly.