“You didn’t lose your emotions. You shut them down to survive.” — Dr. Siidarth Bhattacharya The Strange Absence of Feeling It’s not sadness. It’s not happiness either. It’s the unsettling space in between — where nothing really touches you anymore. You wake up, function, deliver, perform, respond. You smile when required. You stay composed. You keep going. But somewhere along the way, life lost its color. You don’t cry easily. You don’t feel excited. You don’t feel deeply disappointed either....