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Why Emotional Numbness Lives in Your Body

I have been walking around numb from the chest down for months and I can think and talk but I cannot feel anything real happening inside me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Somatic numbing represents the nervous system's protective shutdown when emotional capacity has been overwhelmed.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Body knowledge and somatic intelligence?”

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