Coaching practices for I Went Numb to My Own Body a Long Time Ago Because Feeling it Was Too Much and Now I'm So Cut Off From it That I Can Barely Tell What I'm Physically Feeling I Want to Start Sensing it Again From the Inside Gently in a Movement I Chose and Can Stop Anytime
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- I went numb to my own body a long time ago because feeling it was too much, and now I’m so cut off from it that I can barely tell what I’m physically feeling
- I’m stuck endlessly in my head
- I live so far up in my head that my body might as well not be there
- I’m so cut off from my own body that I never notice I’m wound tight until I suddenly boil over or crash
- With feelings it’s all or nothing for me
Practices that may help
- Interoceptive noticing in movement
Attend to what a movement actually feels like from the inside, rather than how it looks from the outside.
Trauma-Informed Yoga: Movement as a Path to Safety - Track body sensation (the felt sense)
Follow raw physical sensation with curiosity — tingling, warmth, pressure — rather than the storyline.
Somatic Experiencing, Honestly Explained - The interoceptive body scan
Move attention slowly through the body, sensing internal signals without changing them.
Interoception, Explained - Practice noticing what your body is doing
Build the skill of sensing internal signals — tension, heart rate, breath — without being hijacked by them.
The Body Keeps the Score, Honestly Explained - 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 - Use body boundary awareness to build felt safety
Actively sensing your body surface — where you begin and end — creates a felt container for the ventral state.
Ventral Vagal Activation: Accessing the Safe-and-Social State - 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 - Reading the body as a self-knowledge instrument
Treat physical sensations in the moment as data about what is actually happening inside you.
Svadhyaya: Self-Study as a Daily Practice - Track sensation moment to moment
Slowly follow the physical sensations of a freeze response as they change, without rushing to meaning.
The Freeze Response and How to Thaw It - Track the felt sense during pendulation
As you move between resource and difficulty, notice how each sensation changes in quality — this tracking is the therapy.
Pendulation, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Body Sensation Awareness
Follow raw physical sensation with curiosity — tingling, warmth, pressure — rather than the storyline.
Track body sensation (the felt sense)
- Body Based Self Awareness
Treat physical sensations in the moment as data about what is actually happening inside you.
Reading the body as a self-knowledge instrument
- Feel The Body From Inside
Move attention slowly through the body, sensing internal signals without changing them.
The interoceptive body scan
- How To Notice Body Sensations
Build the skill of sensing internal signals — tension, heart rate, breath — without being hijacked by them.
Practice noticing what your body is doing
- How To Track Body Sensations
Follow raw physical sensation with curiosity — tingling, warmth, pressure — rather than the storyline.
- Interoception Explained When Burned Out
Interoception is the sense of your body’s internal state — heartbeat, breath, hunger, tension, gut feelings — and the brain’s interpretation of those signals. It matters because the brain uses bodily signals as raw material for emotion: how you read your inner state shapes what you feel and how well you regulate. The core science is real and active; the skill of sensing internal signals accurately (and not catastrophizing them) can be trained and supports emotional regulation.
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