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i'm kind of addicted to shoplifting. i can't stop. what do i do? (link)
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This "stop doing it because it is wrong" crap will never work. If your anything like me, moral and emotional justifications/reasons won't affect you. One thing that will pierce that armor is loss of personal freedom. You should stop because if you don't, you are going to get caught eventually, and then you are going to jail. And that sucks. Worse than anything. When it comes to decisions like this, you have to balance the equation. You're not shoplifting because your starving, your doing it because it gives you a rush and it's fun. It will become not-fun the moment they throw the cuffs on you and take you away. Find another hobby, something physical or that involves some sort of risk. Something to replace that rush your getting.
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I'm a 15 year old male living in Australia and attending junior high school.
I've noticed that I don't feel emotions properly. Sure, stuff happens to me that should provoke things like sadness or hysteria, but it doesn't. I don't feel anything. The strange thing is, I can feel anger to its fullest. I can be furious at whomever I want at any given time, whatever the situation, and when I get too angry, I use violence to get things the way I want them to be.
But other things, like happiness, I can't feel - and if I'd felt it before, I don't remember. All I ever feel is anger, even when it's about small things.
I have no idea when this came about, but I first realised when my grandmother died around six years ago. She was real important to me once, but when I heard she'd passed on, I didn't feel anything.
Day after day I find myself lying and acting to feign emotions when they aren't there. I learn to fake them by watching people in everyday life and their reactions. This bores me from time to time but I know I need to do it since it's the only way for me to appear normal and fit in with society.
I just want to know if there's any way I could actually feel something real for once, rather than baseless anger. I feel awfully uncomfortable talking to psychologists face to face, so I'm not sure counseling would be a good idea. Will I be empty of anything but anger forever? (link)
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I understand you. I am you, just 12 years older. I just posted a question of my own that is virtually identical to yours, although much more wordy. q=
I've read the other three answers you've gotten, and I think you should be careful of that kind of advice. Most people aren't capable of seeing things the way we do. They simply cannot. The same way you and I cannot feel what they feel. The psychiatrist will tell you that you have repressed childhood memories, assign you some useless medication, and give you a new appointment for counseling that you will not keep. Been there, done that.
Your probably very intelligent, aren't you? You probably see things and make connections that normal people don't. It is a big source of anger for people like us, the intelligence and perception. We see people and things for what they really are, and it makes us angry and full of contempt.
E-Mail me if you want to talk or anything. Maybe I'm wrong about you, maybe we are nothing alike. But if we are, I know I could have used someone like myself to talk to at your age. I could have avoided a lot of crap with the right wisdom beforehand. (logain inbox com)
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