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- The second something gets uncomfortable I reach for the phone or the wine or just more to do, and lately I’ve noticed the good stuff has gone flat too
- I’ve gone numb and foggy and far away, like I’m watching my own life through glass, and every gentle calming thing just sinks me deeper into the fog
- I’ve gone numb to the good things right in front of me
- I run on autopilot from morning till I crash at night, and if you stopped me midday and asked how I’m feeling I’d genuinely have no idea
- With feelings it’s all or nothing for me
Practices that may help
- Stop numbing vulnerability
Notice how you numb hard feelings — and feel them instead, because you can’t numb selectively.
Daring Greatly, Made Practical - Come up from shutdown
When you are numb or foggy below the window, use stimulation to bring energy back up.
The Window of Tolerance: Your Optimal Arousal Zone - Mental subtraction (imagine it gone)
Briefly picture losing what you already have, to restore appreciation for it.
Premeditatio Malorum, in Depth - Regular emotional check-in
Set aside a few minutes each day to honestly ask what you are actually feeling right now.
Radical Honesty About Emotions, Made Practical - Stay with sensation without flooding (titrate)
Build the capacity to feel a sensation in tolerable doses instead of numbing or being swept away.
Interoception, Explained - One warm connection a day
Make at least one genuine, attentive contact with another person each day.
The Good Life: Lessons from the Harvard Study - Meaningful engagement
Spend regular time doing something that generates both positive emotion and a sense of purpose.
Building Positive Emotions, Made Practical - Give yourself permission to feel
Drop the judgment about whether you should or shouldn’t feel a certain way — the emotion is already there.
Radical Honesty About Emotions, Made Practical - Accumulate positive experiences
Deliberately do things that generate positive emotion — building a reservoir that distress draws from.
DBT Emotion Regulation Skills, Made Practical - Move out of shutdown with gentle mobilization
When you are flat, numb, or collapsed, use small movement to come back up — gently, not by force.
Polyvagal Theory, Honestly Explained
Related concerns
- How Do I Stop Feeling Emotionally Numb
Notice how you numb hard feelings — and feel them instead, because you can’t numb selectively.
Stop numbing vulnerability
- How Do I Deal With An Emotionally Numb Feeling
Notice how you numb hard feelings — and feel them instead, because you can’t numb selectively.
- Why Do I Feel Emotionally Numb
Notice how you numb hard feelings — and feel them instead, because you can’t numb selectively.
- Why Do I Feel Emotionally Numb Sometimes
Notice how you numb hard feelings — and feel them instead, because you can’t numb selectively.
- Emotional Numbness
Notice how you numb hard feelings — and feel them instead, because you can’t numb selectively.
- How Do I Stop Feeling Emotionally Burnt Out To A Point I Feel Numb
When you are numb or foggy below the window, use stimulation to bring energy back up.
Come up from shutdown
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