Feelings of Apathy

[InnerWinner]

I have been sober for about 2 years now. Free of my demons....I am now dealing with a great deal of apathy or ahedonic feelings. These feelings and general emotions are really posing a great challenge for me. Atleast when I was on a drug I was happy, or atleast had a false sense of happyness. It's so much hard for me to be cheerfull these days and as a result I am finding myself fake emotions so that others feel comfortable around me. I literally have to force myself (fake it till you make it mind set) to get happy/cheerfull/determined.

Anways, any suggestions on how to deal with this sense of apathy???

[Nina Kay]

Hello IW. I would think that just doing what you're doing, (fake it till you make it) would be the best way to handle it. This saying does imply that you are going to come out of it on the other side and it'll be for real then. No one is exstatically happy all of the time. That's just something that alot of people think that they're supposed to feel like. We do have to just accept life as it is each day. Sometimes life just is and we just are and that's the way that it's supposed to be. Just relax and live one day at a time. That's my suggestion anyway.

[TiredMama]

I am still trying to figure this out myself. I don't know how to act with the drugs and it feels that I am faking my way through emotions.

[adore79]

Well I don't know what ahedonic means, but I understand apathy . Do you see a counselor/therapist? I find it helps a lot to talk to someone who is trained to deal with this sort of thing and help me figure out my emotions and help me deal with problems. If it is really serious you might want to see a pdoc or GP and get on an antidepressant for a while to help you get back onto your feet.