Emotional Numbness

When is the time that you would recalled yourself numbing your emotions?
Do you realized it when it happens?

I just feel that I am a little less numbed ever since I joined this forum, being able to talked about it here, and reading off all of your experiences have helped me to be less numbed...
what do you guys think? is it helping you all too?

What would you do to cope with the numbing?

When i am angry maybe because can't act on it. I think it makes me depressed.

-- Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:34 pm --

Also maybe when they say get over it or snap out of it.and there is nothing you can do about it.that is life

julllia wrote:When i am angry maybe because can't act on it. I think it makes me depressed.

-- Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:34 pm --

Also maybe when they say get over it or snap out of it.and there is nothing you can do about it.that is life

when I am mad, I give myself to curse (alone), or yell out (without letting anyone hear me), instead of suppressing it, I feel better and less numbed...

I can do that too. I call a someone to vent. If i call mother we can even end up fighting,makes me more upset sometimes. lol .I change mood. I feel i haven't get over it completely deep down.
Because it goes more to snap out of it,there is no solution in the big picture

-- Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:03 pm --

I don't disappear it completely.i do scream and stuff or might show it and then change mood and forget it completely. But i have some impression that a part is numbing it

julllia wrote:I can do that too. I call a someone to vent. If i call mother we can even end up fighting,makes me more upset sometimes. lol .I change mood. I feel i haven't get over it completely deep down.
Because it goes more to snap out of it,there is no solution in the big picture

-- Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:03 pm --

I don't disappear it completely.i do scream and stuff or might show it and then change mood and forget it completely. But i have some impression that a part is numbing it

I wouldn't call a friend when I am really mad.. because I know that would make other people mad too.. it's like throwing them the anger bomb... changing mood and forget about it does sound like numbing to me

I took the time to feel sad, to feel mad, to write about it to you all on the forum.. and I am feeling much less numb than before.. I feel like the more I am facing and being aware of my emotions, the less numb I am.. which makes it better for me to connect with people I guess

i try to avoid situations where i go numb. it's mostly social situations. even if there are 2 or 3 friends, i go numb. so i avoid such situations.

jaus tail wrote:i try to avoid situations where i go numb. it's mostly social situations. even if there are 2 or 3 friends, i go numb. so i avoid such situations.

why would you go numb when there are more people?
yes I would be very quiet when there are more than 1 people in the group I am better with 1 on 1.

i think it's more to do with attention. when there is only 1 person we can talk about:
life philosophy
past college days

but if there are more than 1 person n they talk about something i dont know about, i feel left out.

jaus tail wrote:i think it's more to do with attention. when there is only 1 person we can talk about:
life philosophy
past college days

but if there are more than 1 person n they talk about something i dont know about, i feel left out.

I get you.. I enjoy the undivided attentions too, who doesn't?!
sometimes I would rather be on my own instead of having to hang out in a group..