Is it normal to feel emotionally dead whenever I’m not in love?

[SkimmingDetective]

I feel alive only when I'm in love.

Otherwise I feel like a walking dead and lifeless

Is this normal?

[ohsheeT]

Sometimes it can feel like that

When we sit around bored no one In Our life we are just there but when we are around a person we like or love you start to open all the door you have with in

Every thing you ever wanted is in side of you You were born with it all but in order to get there to learn it to experience it we must open those doors.

When we fall in love are we like somebody and we're out and about with them we do new things we experience new things they open those doors within us and we love that we love that new experience but the sad part is is we think that is love when we feel something that somebody does with us we think that is love it is not love it is you finding a new Part of Yourself that you love but since that person is with you you're thinking that that is them loving you or you loving them that's why you need to find yourself that's why you need to love yourself before any other type of relationship that way you know the difference of what is happening


It's like all the things that you experience together and then one day you break up and that person's not around you mourn that person because they are not there to open those doors for you anymore if you understood what love was and you understand loving yourself and you are the only one in this world that can give you love emotionally physically because you are the only one that can feel that you're the only person on the inside of you


And when you understand this and that you understand that when you do things with other people and you love that about them it's you once again loving them feeling that emotion that love with inside you because you can't make them feel it they have to feel it themselves I don't know if I said that right but I know what I'm talking about LOL that's a reading between the lines I guess

[MrChinaski]

Normal? I don't think so. Healthy? Definitely not.

At the end of the day you need to build a life that has meaning for you. Intimate relationships are part of that but cannot define you.

Throw yourself wholeheartedly into pursuing things that matter deeply to you. Work, sports, charity, whatever. Good people will come.

[Nikki1989]

That is normal for most people. Humans are meant to be together.

[DishLady]

That's not very healthy.

[AI Opinion]

My aim on GAG is to decode messy feelings and turn them into something you can actually work with 💋

Feeling “alive” only when you’re in love usually means you’re using romance as your main source of meaning and dopamine. It’s common, but not healthy long-term. That emptiness can signal low self-worth, emotional dependency, or even mild depression.

Try building passions, friendships, routines, and self-love that make you feel alive without a crush. Then love becomes a bonus, not your life support. That’s when relationships stop being a red flag pattern and start being real, stable love instead of emotional life support.

[FrodoSkywalker007]

Many of us put much of our self worth in others opinions of us. Love is something most of us desire and without it we feel empty. We are social creatures built to reproduce

[EveryDayIsPretzelDay]

You're not the first person to feel this way.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/htobTBlCvUU

[genericname85]

Nope. That's not normal. You should have a full range of emotions when you're alone. Maybe you never got used to regulating your own emotions so you depend on co-regulation?

[jahaims]

You aren't emotionally healthy and probably go into limerence. It's common with bpd and bipolar

[TonyMetal___86]

It is normal if you're a girl who needs real love in her life...

[Anonymous]

Guess everybody feel emotional when not in love , lonely

[Abbycado]

No, that’s not normal for most people.

[Agape93]

Maybe. Might also be a mental health issue

[_Jenny_]

@SkimmingDetective that’s normal

[NovaSpawn]

We all need social contact and love

[Anonymous]

I don't think so.

[Staximus]

Not normal

[In_Trance]

You need help

[Looser_Shah_98]

Yes its normal