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<blockquote data-quote="Rosco..Jones" data-source="post: 54314" data-attributes="member: 2729"><p><strong>Blunted affect</strong> is the scientific term describing a lack of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" target="_blank">emotional</a> reactivity (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_display" target="_blank">affect display</a>) on the part of an individual. It is manifest as a failure to express feelings either verbally or non-verbally, especially when talking about issues that would normally be expected to engage the emotions. Expressive gestures are rare and there is little animation in facial expression or vocal inflection.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunted_affect#cite_note-SteinWilkinson2007-0" target="_blank">[1]</a></p><p>Blunt affect 'can be symptomatic of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia" target="_blank">schizophrenia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_%28mood%29" target="_blank">depression</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_damage" target="_blank">brain damage</a>'.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunted_affect#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[2]</a> 'The difference between flat and blunted affect is in degree. A person with flat affect has no or nearly no emotional expression. He or she may not react at all to circumstances that usually evoke strong emotions in others. A person with blunted affect, on the other hand, has a significantly reduced intensity in emotional expression'.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunted_affect#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[3]</a></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Years ago, I had a high speed MC accident, in which I suffered some brain trauma. Since then, I have been experiencing muted emotional response. I just now became aware of this "Blunted" effect. I will be discussing this with my doctor.</p><p> </p><p>Is this the type of effect you are referring to?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rosco..Jones, post: 54314, member: 2729"] [B]Blunted affect[/B] is the scientific term describing a lack of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion']emotional[/URL] reactivity ([URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_display']affect display[/URL]) on the part of an individual. It is manifest as a failure to express feelings either verbally or non-verbally, especially when talking about issues that would normally be expected to engage the emotions. Expressive gestures are rare and there is little animation in facial expression or vocal inflection.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunted_affect#cite_note-SteinWilkinson2007-0'][1][/URL] Blunt affect 'can be symptomatic of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia']schizophrenia[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_%28mood%29']depression[/URL], or [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_damage']brain damage[/URL]'.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunted_affect#cite_note-1'][2][/URL] 'The difference between flat and blunted affect is in degree. A person with flat affect has no or nearly no emotional expression. He or she may not react at all to circumstances that usually evoke strong emotions in others. A person with blunted affect, on the other hand, has a significantly reduced intensity in emotional expression'.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunted_affect#cite_note-2'][3][/URL] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years ago, I had a high speed MC accident, in which I suffered some brain trauma. Since then, I have been experiencing muted emotional response. I just now became aware of this "Blunted" effect. I will be discussing this with my doctor. Is this the type of effect you are referring to? [/QUOTE]
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