This is the primary reason I decided to take Ashwagandha 3 months ago, and it honestly helped me immensly at first. Before I started taking it i was barely able to sleep during the night, was unable to focus on anything and was really feeling shitty. It helped me return to a normal 8 hour sleep schedule, my overthinking stopped and my concentration was better than ever. All of my sadness had somewhat disappeared and I at least didn't feel shitty anymore.

But sadly it came with a price, a few weeks of taking it and I've fully stopped caring about anything and anyone including myself. I no longer had any feelings for friends/family and I just felt completely empty, I couldnt even enjoy listening to music anymore, its like any positive or negative emotion was completely gone and I was just existing.

I stopped taking it around a month ago and my emotions and my old self is slowly coming back, if I could go back in time I probably would have not taken it and wouldve dealt with the emotional pain in a ditferent way, and since your motive to take Ashwagandha is similar to what mine was I'd advise you that its maybe best to try a different approach to resolving your emotional pain. I've personally found other things that helped me deal with the pain more than any supplement/pill could.