[quote=@Shienvien] It goes both ways. Just because someone is "different" or "strange" it doesn't necessarily mean they are "broken" or need to be "fixed". Things only become problematic when people start to become a danger to themselves or others, or when the situation is creeping closer to (or reaches) a point where they can no longer get by in their daily life. [/quote] I never said otherwise [quote=@Sharyxe] I think I have a similar problem to yours Vortex, though I don't call it depression. In fact I don't think I call it anything. I do think of the possibilities of some things, and deduce the worst and best that could happen, but I guess I'm not optimistic or pessimistic, I just remain neutral and wait for it to really happen. Also, I too, can laugh or cry and such, but then sometimes I'll feel empty. Nothing. Like all sense of emotion I have is gone. Then after some time it comes back again when something happens that lead me to feel something. But the emptiness is still there, still lingering. Just that I feel it the most when I realize I have it and when emotions start to go away. I wouldn't call it a mental illness though. Or is it? [/quote] Technically speaking, depression is a mental illness. And Im just repeating what the doctors say. Maybe they dont know jack and I dont have this depression and I have indeed "transcended to a higher plane". Also I wouldnt call it a problem, I actually kind of like being numb. Although I would feel alot better if I knew for certain what this actually was, and I could at least REMEMBER what emotions are supposed to be like.