Does anyone ever feel this way?

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Hello I recently have been doing some reflection on how I am feeling and my relationship with God. I feel like my relationship is quite strong with God and I hope I am advancing in holiness but I feel very withdrawn or something. I don’t feel overly-dry in prayer but nevertheless I feel plain and dry at the same time. I love God very much and always strive to use the sacraments and pray as much as I can. I like praying the rosary and practicing Lectio Divina and I think about God in my daily life as much as possible. The fact is I don’t feel necessarily unhappy but very withdrawn from the world, no matter where I am I seem to be focused on God and when I see other people I do my best to love them but they almost seem very distant or something. Even if I am with a lot of people I feel as if they don’t really exist and it’s not that I’m self centered but seem to be centered on God all the time. I feel recently like a veil of darkness is surrounding me and am just in complete darkness even though I am aware of God’s presence. I don’t know what’s wrong but I feel like I am not really living in the world. I was wondering if anyone could explain this darkness surrounding me and has anyone else experienced it??
 
I feel the very same way. Lately after prayer, The Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, The St. Gertrude Chaplet for Holy Souls in Purgatory, and several other prayers and novenas, I take time to reflect on the many, many large and small graces that I look pass waiting for the BIG SIGN. After reflecting, I feel blessed. I then give thanksgiving for all.
 
Don’t concern yourself much with emotions. They are not that important, since they will not lead you to heaven as much as the intellect and will. God sends periods of dryness like this to wean you off of good feelings and come to HIm in prayer soley becasue you want to be with Him, not to enjoy emotions. So, on the bright side, look at this as an opportunity. In my own life, I pray the rosary daily. But its very discouraging, since I’m almost entirely distracted. However, I know that since I’m praying in bona fide, Go will have mercy on my human weakness (which I can’t help in this case) and that I will still gain gaces through my prayer.
 
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