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When mindfulness reveals emotional numbness in the body

I have been doing body scans for months and I realize I have been completely numb from the waist down since my divorce three years ago.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Awareness practice is uncovering dissociation that served as protection during trauma but now limits full aliveness.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mindfulness as psychological intervention?”

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