People who have a blunted affect show very little outward emotion. ![]() People who have a flat affect show virtually no outward evidence of any emotion. How much emotion people display is on a continuum: It’s possible to have blunted affect (little appearance of emotion) with or without emotional blunting (not feeling emotions). When you experience emotional blunting, you aren’t feeling your emotions very strongly. In other words, there’s a mismatch between what you’re feeling and what other people may think you’re feeling.īlunted affect is different from emotional blunting. If you have a blunted affect, your outward appearance seems to suggest that you aren’t feeling strong emotions, even when you’re talking about emotional experiences. People with blunted affect don’t express emotions as obviously as most people do. ![]() It refers to the appearance of emotion through tone of voice, facial expressions, gestures, and body language.
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