Do you not like the night? Why? / myLot

United States

July 9, 2010 1:31am CST

I have a strange dislike of nighttime. I think it's because I have what my counselor calls Empathy - the psychic ability to feel/use the emotions of another person. I feel my dislike of the night time relates to this because when people are asleep, their emotions are all at rest in the physical realm, therefore leaving me with nothing to feel - as I don't have my own emotions anymore. When I was 13, I suddenly stopped caring about things when I was alone. Abruptly, my emotions stopped when I was around no one and when people were asleep. I'm not AFRAID of the dark, I just don't like the nighttime... and I think it's because I feel no emotion at night. ALL day I feel some kind of feeling, but at night... silence in mind, body, soul. It's lonely and weird.

2 responses

wizteen

@wizteen (502)

• India

9 Jul 10

i think relying on others emotions isn't a good thing to do. you have your emotions and those emotions are the ones supposed to be acting on you right? have you herd of shielding? its better to do that and keep others emotions away from you when not needed.

bloo_equinox

@bloo_equinox (422)

• United States

9 Jul 10

I don't rely on them, actually. I try to avoid them. It's not something I can really control yet. But I dislike the nighttime because of this. Makes it uneasy to sleep and etc.

greygoo

@greygoo (795)

• Philippines

9 Jul 10

well, that empathy thing you talked about sure was weird. i never thought that things (like empathy) are true. but i guess it is true now that i've read your post. you really don't have emotions? that's something i couldn't really imagine but if it is true then the nighttime must spell out creepy silence for you. that's sad. but don't you think that the night serves as some sort of refuge for you after feeling everybody else's emotion the whole day?