Flat affect

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of emotion, or of apparent emotion.

    "After the crash he presented a flat affect, a symptom of PTSD."

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apatheticblunted affectemotional bluntingemotional dullnessemotional numbnessemotionless

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"After the crash he presented a flat affect, a symptom of PTSD."

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