History Main / SenseLossSadness

* ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'': One of the reasons why [[AIIsACrapshoot AM]] is so consumed with constant anguish and hatred for humanity is because he was created with, as he says in the radio drama adaptation, "No body, no senses, no feelings." In the [[VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream video game adaptation,]] he describes himself as being trapped in "an eternal straightjacket of substrata rock". The knowledge of all the wonderful things humans can do and experience with their bodies and the fact that he can partake in none of it, let alone truly know what any of it actually feels like, is an unending source of pain and rage for him.

* ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'': One of the reasons why [[AIIsACrapshoot AM]] is so consumed with constant anguish and hatred for humanity is because he was created with, as he says in the radio drama adaptation, "No body, no senses, no feelings." In the [[VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream video game adaptation,]] he describes himself as being trapped in "an eternal straightjacket of substrata rock". The knowledge of all the wonderful things humans can do and experience with their bodies and the fact that he can partake in none of it, let alone understand what any of it actually feels like, is an unending source of pain and rage.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/Portal2'''s Perpetual Testing Initiative, when an AlternateUniverse Cave Johnson [[BrainUploading uploads his mind into a supercomputer]] only to sour on it after even rewriting the entire literary output of the human race to be about [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} ghostbusting]] becomes boring:

* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/Portal2'''s Perpetual Testing Initiative, when an AlternateUniverse Cave Johnson [[BrainUploading uploads his mind into a supercomputer]] only to sour on it after even rewriting the entire literary canon to be about [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} ghostbusting]] becomes boring:

* In the first episode of ''Series/{{Daredevil}}'', Matt Murdock confides in Karen Page that, as much as he's long come to terms with his blindness and doesn't define himself by it (even discounting his DisabilitySuperpower), he still would give anything to be able to see the sky again.

* In the first episode of ''Series/{{Daredevil}}'', Matt Murdock confides in Karen Page that, as much as he's long come to terms with his blindness and doesn't define himself by it (even discounting his DisabilitySuperpowers), he still would give anything to be able to see the sky again.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/Portal2'''s Perpetual Testing Initiative, when an AlternateUniverse Cave Johnson [[BrainUploading uploads his mind into a supercomputer]] only to sour on it after even rewriting the entire literary canon to be about [[Franchise{{Ghostbusters}} ghostbusting]] becomes boring:

* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/Portal2'''s Perpetual Testing Initiative, when an AlternateUniverse Cave Johnson [[BrainUploading uploads his mind into a supercomputer]]:
-->'''Cave Johnson:''' You know what I'd really like to do? Scratch my nose.

* Creator/FranciscoDeGoya went almost completely deaf as a result of a severe, unidentified illness when he was 46. He grew afraid of losing his sanity as well and suffered a prolonged CreatorBreakdown as a result, with his work growing progressively DarkerAndEdgier. This would culminate in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Paintings Black Paintings]], a series of bleak, oppressive works painted on the walls of Goya's manor.

* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', Jedi Knight companion [[TokenEvilTeammate Lord Scourge]] describes this as part of the [[WhoWantsToLiveForever price for his immortality]] -- he can no longer taste or smell and is color blind, has only rudimentary senses of sight and touch, and is generally disconnected from the feeling of "living". He suggests that [[BigBad the Emperor]], having done it longer, probably has it ''worse''.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' features this in the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E6EscapeClause Escape Clause]]". The {{hypochondria}}c Walter Bedecker makes a DealWithTheDevil for immortality with a bit of eternal youth thrown in. At first, things are great. He exploits companies for large monetary settlements and throws himself in harm's way, delighting in the fact that it has no effect. A short time later, he declares he's been cheated and that there's no thrill anymore. Even after drinking enough poison to kill several people, he describes the taste as weak lemonade. It's this that causes him to confess to the murder of his wife (who had in reality fallen to her death by accident) in order to give the electric chair a whirl -- a plan that would've worked perfectly if [[spoiler:his lawyer hadn't gotten him life imprisonment instead, causing the judge to explicitly say he must remain in prison for the rest of his natural life]]. [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Slight problem there...]]

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Alphonse Elric can't feel, taste or smell ''anything'' anymore after having his soul [[AnimatedArmor sealed into a suit of armor]]. Compared to that, Ed thinks that [[AnArmAndALeg losing an arm and a leg]] was a slap on the wrist. Al tries to remain optimistic by keeping a notepad of things he will do when he gets his body back (like trying Winry's pie).

* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'':

* [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] from ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' has been written to have this dilemma recently. He is distraught that he can no longer feel fear (in spite of that being [[NightmareFetishist what he wanted]]) and needs Batman in order to feel afraid. This proved helpful during the events of ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', as the Black Lanterns would only register those that felt some kind of emotion, and so couldn't detect him [[https://comicnewbies.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/why-the-black-lanterns-cant-detect-the-scarecrow.jpg?w=620&h=670 even when he was right in front of them]]. He was then given a taste of power and the ability to feel fear again for a while as a deputy of the Sinestro Corps, [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/14334/1537109-bl_scarecrow.jpg to which he took with gusto]].

* Aizawa goes through this in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12785530/1/Every-Step-of-the-Way Every Step of the Way]]'' after he’s blinded by a villain. Fortunately Hizashi is there to offer support.