Reb golem! Shalom!
Very interesting. I have a friend who actually says this to me all the time. "I'm a dead man walking".. He claims he has no emotions. Zero. Once I started screaming at him and insulting him, and wow did he get offended. So I said to him "so much for a person without emotions"..
Anyways, I am far from the right person to comment on such situations, I just wanted to give you a warm and loving welcome. And maybe share a true story.
There is a rabbi in EY named R' Nuchim Diamond. A father once called him up hysterically, saying that today he realized he literally hates his son. His son always made loads of trouble and the father always thought that he is angry at his son because of his bad behavior. Today he came to the shocking and very painful realization. His wife added that although she doesn't hate her son, she totally understands her husband and doesn't love him either. It was impossible to love him. The man was in tears. So the rabbi explained to him that true love comes from giving. The more you give to someone, the more you will love him. So the rabbi suggested that he should start giving for his son even if he doesn't feel like it.
After a couple of weeks the rabbi followed up with them, and the man said that he has been giving for his son a lot, and although love is not there yet, at least the hate is gone. After a couple of months, the man comes back and relates. My son got cancer L"U, I was forced to be by his bad side all day long for months, and give him every ounce of support and energy I possibly had. The process was torture, B'H my son recovered, and now I love him more than the rest of my kids. The rabbi said that sometimes just giving isn't enough, you need mesiros nefesh mamash. The only way for that to happen is your son getting sick. So Hashem gave him cancer for the sake of reigniting the love between the two of you.
May Hashem be in your way!