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I don't feel negative and I don't know why
I have never felt sadness when those I know struck misfortune. Not once have I felt bad for someone even when family members have died. I didn't even feel bad when my mother died, I actually felt happy she did.
I know what I felt was incredibly wrong and shameful but I have never felt reasons to grieve yet every time I'm mad or arguing I start to cry. It starts when I'm mad only and even when I realized and try to stop it doesn't for a while.
I watch my dad cry for family before, seen my friends cry when their stressed and upset, yet I myself have never felt the urge to cry despite having good reasons to.
I'm scared of how this will affect my life when I start a properly serious relationship or in a profession that has me being emotionally empathetic with my lack of understanding of negative emotions.
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