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[titaniumdragon]

I wonder sometimes if others experience emotions in the same way that I do, and it is simply my reactions to them which are abnormal, or if I truly experience these things in a different way than anyone else. I lean towards the former, as the latter is vain and unlikely, but there are times

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[seroci]

Sounds like you're describing a relatively flat affect, and if having a flat affect (or being primarily neutral or choosing exactly which emotions to feel when) is normal, then you, sir, are normal and I am far from it. I can influence my emotions in some situations, but generally the way I feel is the way I feel, regardless of what I try to do to change it. My answer to these is time, time cures all ills, the good and the bad, and I feel pretty awful or awesome now, but I won't later

[titaniumdragon]

I don't really know when this happened; back before I joined the Guild, I was pretty emotionally netural in general. I had the period between 5 and 15 when I had zero dreams I remembered. And then at some point after college my emotional state became ridiculously controlled; I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but I think it was somewhere in the realm of late 2007/early 2008; I'm not certain if I could do it before then. Anger is incredibly fleeting now, as I can kill it quite rapidly, and a lot of my other negative emotions are quite rare. I almost never feel sad, either. Regarding depth of emotion, I can always remain in control.

As for hearing special voices - only when I'm on Skype :P