I'm usually a very empathetic person, always trying to see how others feel and understanding their views but for the first time I feel like something inside has turned off what part of me deals with emotions. I know this sounds odd but I can't feel anything like I have thoughts in my mind that should be making me so happy and events going on around me that use to make me cry but I don't feel any of it.

I feel blank, sort of like theres a wall around me keeping the stress out and my emotions well in check. It sounds not so bad if I consider how I feel during a panic attack or breakdown, but given the circumstances I'd think I;d feel something. You see my friends mother is dying, they found out today, after hearing she was going to be find the doctors told my friend her mom has cancer and isn't expected to make it. I worked with my friend and her mom, we living in a pretty small dot in terms of what people consider a city so everyones connected somehow, yet I don't feel anything.

I have thoughts that tell me that I should be upset,or atleast sad about the situation and able to be my friends shoulder to cry on... but I'm not feeling anything about it.. no tears no hurt nothing, and considering I cried when my fish died you can see my sensitivity level is usually well past being average. Likewise if you look at all that should be making me happy in my life you'd wonder how I'm not smiling or in some cases dancing in the streets but again theres nothing.

I feel numb and it's scaring me what do I do...

P.S I know that some medications from experience and course related material can cause this kind of symptom but I've not been on anything for over a year now so that can't be whats happening to me.