![]() Let’s say your coworker, in a single conversation, shares both good and bad news: She got a promotion and her dog died. ![]() Just like if you had asthma and you suddenly couldn’t exercise-it limits you.” “Expression of emotion is an integral component of personal well-being if someone’s emotionality is unusual in some way, that’s potentially consequential. You’re getting a reaction from people that doesn’t align with your own self-image.” And that experience can be tough. “ can create a dissonance in terms of how you think you’re making your way through the world and navigating day-to-day activities and what’s really happened. Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D., professor and chair of psychiatry at Columbia University, said that flat affect exists on a spectrum of severity, and most who experience it don’t even know they have it. ![]() “I do my best to give that same energy back to someone, but it doesn't always come across the way that it's supposed to.” She says she sometimes forces herself to smile to make sure she's appearing friendly. Wakilah Majied, 35, who experiences flat affect as a symptom of schizophrenia. ![]()
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