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Why you might feel numb when someone dies

I watched my grandmother take her last breath yesterday and I felt nothing at all, just noticed how her jaw went slack, and now I'm terrified that I'm some kind of monster.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The psyche sometimes protects itself from overwhelming loss through temporary emotional anesthesia.

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