Emotional Numbness and Why It Happens

Emotional numbness is not a lack of emotions.

It is a protection response.

Your system numbs when everything becomes too much.

### What numbness looks like:

• “I can’t feel anything right now.”

• You watch life from a distance

• Things don’t excite or upset you

• You feel disconnected from your own self

### Why it happens:

Your mind is protecting you from emotional overload.

It temporarily reduces intensity to help you survive.

### Gentle steps:

• Allow yourself to name even one small feeling

• Do slow grounding, not intense emotional work

• Return to sensory experiences (touch, sound, warmth)

• Be kind to yourself — this is not your fault

You are not empty.

You are overwhelmed.