Would you ever want to not feel?

[The Emerald Legion]

So, having just watched the movie equilibrium...

I pose to you this question, if the possibility existed to utterly suppress your emotions. Say, in the form of a pill taken once a day. You would feel nothing. No anger, no sadness, no happiness, no joy, no guilt, Absolutely nothing... You'd be the stoic. Only more so.

Would you take it? Would you sacrifice the highs of emotion, in order to suppress the lows?

Now, again what if it were something that, if done once, you could never feel again, rather than something that you could choose to stop?

[Galloism]

Done it. Would not try again.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

It could be useful in some environments like school and work.

Besides that, not really.

[Stovokor]

Yes, also we do it all the time.
Also i'm a sociopath.

[Galloism]

Also i'm a sociopath.

Please take a number and stand quietly with the others.

[Vetalia]

It's the heights of emotion that compensate for the lows, so nothing.

[Threlizdun]

Done it. Would not try again.

This. It sucked

[Microsol]

I'd rather die. Trying to throw away everything you feel is cowardice.

[Senkaku]

Sometimes.

[Olthar]

So, having just watched the movie equilibrium...

Oh, you poor, unfortunate creature.

[Stovokor]

Also i'm a sociopath.

Please take a number and stand quietly with the others.

I know right, either way I was hoping this topic would get more lively, thus I gave my standpoint.

[Frisivisia]

If I were to be very depressed, it would be nice to throw out the lows that were left unsatisfied by the lack of highs.

[Galloism]

Please take a number and stand quietly with the others.

I know right, either way I was hoping this topic would get more lively, thus I gave my standpoint.

That's fine.


Hey guys, we're going to need to buy another one of those number machine things.

[Olthar]

If I were to be very depressed, it would be nice to throw out the lows that were left unsatisfied by the lack of highs.

As someone currently overcoming depression, I wouldn't take it. I'd rather feel terrible than not feel at all.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

Out of school...

I was once very depressed because I was fearful. But without my fear, I'd further feed it and it could end up dangerous, because I also felt anger and bravado about the situation, and wanted to kill and fuck up with him.

I was once very rebellious and angry against the people who took me to their house. I would never suppress my feelings for them. I actually wanted much better to suppress their existence. I think I'd regret if I did at the time, but they never really changed.

[Basking Turtles]

"I feel nothing"

Recommended reading for everyone who wants to understand depression. It also answers this thread's question.

[Utceforp]

Sure, I would. The benefits outweigh the losses.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

So, having just watched the movie equilibrium...

I pose to you this question, if the possibility existed to utterly suppress your emotions. Say, in the form of a pill taken once a day. You would feel nothing. No anger, no sadness, no happiness, no joy, no guilt, Absolutely nothing... You'd be the stoic. Only more so.

Would you take it? Would you sacrifice the highs of emotion, in order to suppress the lows?

Now, again what if it were something that, if done once, you could never feel again, rather than something that you could choose to stop?

No, bad idea, takes away from humanity, no ethical dilemmas, etc. etc.

[Solaray]

No. I'm fine with the lows, as the highs are worth it.

[Margno]

Hell no. What I'm so sad about is that I'm not happy.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

"I feel nothing"

Recommended reading for everyone who wants to understand depression. It also answers this thread's question.

It's very much what I feel every single day I have to occupy the same space as my stepmother.

But, not content with being a poor host, she's also a terrible human being, and will annoy the fuck out of me for anything, and if I ignore her, then she will annoy the fuck out of my father so that then he can annoy the fuck out of mine. So my lack of feelings had a toxic aspect. I felt like either killing myself or killing them in many, many times, in many, many ways.

[Threlizdun]

If I were to be very depressed, it would be nice to throw out the lows that were left unsatisfied by the lack of highs.

A general lack of feeling isn't an uncommon aspect of depression, and it can be just as terrible as the moments you're crying your eyes out, if not worse.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

If I were to be very depressed, it would be nice to throw out the lows that were left unsatisfied by the lack of highs.

A general lack of feeling isn't an uncommon aspect of depression, and it can be just as terrible as the moments you're crying your eyes out, if not worse.

I never felt sad, actually. (Wouldn't call frustration, shame and hatred sadness, thinking about it more.)

[Utceforp]

"I feel nothing"

Recommended reading for everyone who wants to understand depression. It also answers this thread's question.

The author describes lacking feeling as boring. Boredom is a feeling.

The world would be a considerably better place if we stopped, as a species, viewing the outside world through the bias caused by individual experiences caused by emotions.

Ideally it would be an on/off switch, and possibly one that can switch off feeling in emergencies when emotion has rendered you unable to think rationally and turn off your irrationality, but since that's arbitrarily not an option, I'd pick not feeling.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

The author describes lacking feeling as boring. Boredom is a feeling.

The world would be a considerably better place if we stopped, as a species, viewing the outside world through the bias caused by individual experiences caused by emotions.

We have more things to do than being depressed.