LibraryScenariosWhy emotional numbness alternates with overwhelming sensitivity
Scenario

Why emotional numbness alternates with overwhelming sensitivity

I feel completely numb most of the time but then random things like commercials or songs make me sob uncontrollably

Patan
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Protective parts maintain dissociation until specific triggers pierce through to exiled parts carrying unexpressed emotion.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Parts work and Internal Family Systems?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.