Flipping Off Your "Humanity Switch"
You may have come across people in daily life who have the ability to completely turn off their emotions for a while.
People belonging to the "Vampire Diaries" fandom, know exactly what I'm talking about.
What is this "Humanity Switch"?
Basically, according to Damon, you can flip your humanity on and off as and when you wish to.
Switching it off lets a vampire detach his/her actions from any emotional judgment or guilt. This is the excuse these creatures have for killing ruthlessly and actually consuming a nutritious diet of blood, blood and just blood.
Can we do it?
Depends...
Upon whether you really want to, whether you have the will to flip it off or whether the situation demands such a thing of you.
You may have seen...
Some people are able to keep a check on their emotions for a certain time and then simply break down once they are ready to.
Of course, this isn't a healthy way of dealing with problems...but then, what is?
Flipping off emotions, even if for a day or two can help detox. Just stop whatever you are doing.
That involves
- thinking
- crying
- pacing
- whining
- running
- etc.
As Sherlock said...
"Personally, I do not have a single spark of humanity."
Technically it isn't possible for humans to flip off their humanity. But it is possible to choose not to feel.
In fact, research has indicated that individuals with extremely high IQs may not have proportionately high EQs (emotional quotient).
Not every person is the same and no event the exact replica of another. So don't worry if nothing else helps you out of a sticky situation.
Sherlock Holmes, Abert Einstein, Tony Stark and other fictional, as well as real life individuals, have been known to be able to simply flip off their emotions. If they can, you can.
But then... always remember to flip it back on, because even Damon agreed that "If you want to be bad, be bad with a purpose otherwise you're not worth forgiving."
okay but how do i do it?
ReplyDeleteIf you can do it u will know but basically I guess it’s just like if u don’t want to feel then u don’t have to (that’s how I do it)
DeleteIf you can do it you will know yourself idk how to explain it, it’s basically you just don’t want to feel so then you don’t.
DeleteIf you can do it you will know yourself idk how to explain it, it’s basically you just don’t want to feel so then you don’t.
DeleteI did it once (unintentionally).....i was going through bit of a rough patch and i was really really hurt...one day i realised that i had completely stopped caring about everything. i couldn't feel sadness, guilt, pain..no emotions....not even happiness. Honestly i thank god it happened to me because i really really needed it, but once you fall into the habit, its hard to get out of it, it took me 2 years to finally switch my emotions back on, thats when i was finally able to feel, sadness, happiness or pain and it felt awesome. But now i could finally remember what i had done, i had hurt people an made a lot of mistakes because i was numb with absolutely no emotions. I hadn't cried in 2 years. and i hardly remember anything from the past two years because obviously no emotions= no memories which is kinda sad because it was the last year of high school. Luckily i watched tvd when i got my switch back on and then i could relate with the humanity switch concept....earlier i had no idea a thing like that exists.
DeleteHowever cool it may seem, i do not recommend doing it because overall it sucks, i ran away from my problems instead of facing them and that caused me to turn it off. Even after switching it off my life was still the same living hell but atleast i couldn'
t feel the pain. But now i don't remember a thing from highschool, all i remember is being numb and not reacting to anything like a fricking robot. My friends started hating me, i lost all of them, my grades went down because honestly i stopped caring about anything in life. I didn't mind going out to buy groceries in my PJs, everything i ever ate was junk because i really didn't care about anything, it affected my health so much.I developed a couple of serious health problems which made my whole experience even worse. I actually regret everything. If you're facing a rough patch don't run from your problems, face them, don't switch your emotions off, embrace them, its okay to cry, everything will be okay one day, like i'm really happy in life right now, i don't want anyone to make the mistake i made.
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DeleteHi im interested to know more..
DeleteThis is a really old piece that I wrote and at that point what I didn't get was that this isn't healthy at all. Once you fall into the habit, it becomes hard to honestly care about much. Yep, it is one way of coping, but then eventually, in the long run, absolutely not something you should be doing without being immortal (Damon: not the prime example for humanity) or Sherlock (again, a sociopath)
ReplyDeleteI turned mine off for 12 years I’m scared shitless to go back
Deletei turned mine off when i was 4 i haven't been able to come back since
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