Episode 19 -Introduction to emotional numbness as a trauma response

Have you ever experienced a change in your emotional experience, as if your emotions became something you started to have restricted access to? Or perhaps, have your emotions started to feel completely inaccessible? Maybe you have experienced a feeling of distance and detachment from others, and have developed a strong preference for being alone and isolated. Or are you struggling to experience positive feelings like happiness and feel generally “flat” emotionally and physically? If you are experiencing one or more of these symptoms, you could be dealing with emotional numbness as a trauma response.

So what exactly is emotional numbness?

Emotional numbness is when you are in a state of existence which leaves you unable to feel and express emotions. It is the mental and emotional process of shutting out feelings. Everyone can experience a day when they feel emotionally numb and it is often temporary. When experiencing emotional numbness though, this feeling will be present for many days consecutively and for multiple weeks in a row. The emotional numbness will begin to impact your day to day life. Emotional numbness is a strategy to protect oneself from a physical or emotional pain that is in addition to what you have already endured.

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