Emotional Numbness: Are you feeling dead on the inside?
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What is emotional numbness and how does it feel?
Hey guys, it's Edwin here and I hope you're having a wonderful day. Today I'm going to talk about emotional numbness. I'm going to talk about what's it? And some of the common terms used. And uh some of the common misconceptions when it comes to emotional luminess. as well as some of the common signs so that it can help you identify if you are suffering from emotional numbness. I'm also going to explain to you how to deal with it and Statute. So emotional numbness is this aspect where you just find yourself in an instance where you can't feel your emotions. You can you you may not be able to feel joy or sadness. Or you just flat. Some people may say that they are operating in Autopilots. Like where you're just doing you just find yourself doing things, being busy, like things are moving.
But it's like mentally you are Off shifts. And then some people may also say that they it's like they're operating behind a glass wall. Well like it's like you're observing your life. be in a glass hole and you can't really feel the life, you can't really feel the connection or the the warmth. in life. Let's say you have a friend talking to you, but it's like you are seeing that fri that friend and listening to them, but you are behind a glass wall. You can't really feel the connection or you can't even feel what they are saying.
What are the common signs that indicate you might be emotionally numb?
Another aspect is some people may feel hollow or they may feel empty on the inside. Like th like just having that hole in your in your chest. And then uh some people also s may say that uh or may Explain this as feeling like a passenger in their own lives. This is where like instead of being the dri uh taking the driver's seat in their lives, they're now just passengers. And someone else is driving. They don't even know who's driving, but they're just a passenger taking the backseat and then someone else is driving. The other thing is someone may say that they feel like a zombie. Like or they are dead alive. Like things are moving. They are busy running up and down. They might be travelling. They might be even raising a family or even having some good time with their friends.
But They're just like usually dead alive like If you watch movies Of zombies. It's like you just They are moving, brain dead, nothing, you don't even know what you're doing, like you're not aware of what's happening. You see it, but you're not aware. And then the other thing is uh feeling emotionally flat. Like you're just flat.
Why do men experience emotional numbness more often than women?
It's like low battery. Like nothing. Like nothing excites you. The hobbies you used to enjoy in the past. Let's say you used to enjoy playing video games in the past and it brought you some joy or some feeling of ecstasy. But currently you're not really enjoying them. However much you've tried. You even take the gamepad, you Have some friends over, you try to play that game, but you can't really, really, really enjoy it. Like there's no excitement at all. It's just Flat. And there's nothing. Coming up. If you've experienced these moments. It's maybe signs that you are emotionally numb. You've numbed down your emotion. Not you actually. I'll explain later. It's like your system has numbed numb numbed numbed. out your emotions.
Oh the other aspect is uh you may also feel this disconnection with reality.
What is anhedonia and why is it used to describe emotional numbness?
Like you see reality there but you are disconnect it's like there's a distance between you and reality. And this distance you can't even explain it. You can't even put it with words. You can't even explain to someone else that hey Something is off. It is just a disconnection from reality. So that's what emotional numbness is all about. And it's really, really a common experience, especially nowadays with this uh fast past life. Well it's always up and down, being busy from these social media, from this internet, from this and this is a very, very common experience. And it's also a common experience for people who've been in Abusive relationships. or people who've been raised in environments where they've been told that or they've been emotionally invalidated or they've been told that being emotional is not a manly thing.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is emotional numbness and how does it feel?
0:02–1:22
2
What are the common signs that indicate you might be emotionally numb?
1:22–2:27
3
Why do men experience emotional numbness more often than women?
2:27–3:22
4
What is anhedonia and why is it used to describe emotional numbness?
3:22–4:49
5
How do past traumatic or overwhelming experiences create a protective numbness?
4:49–6:22
6
Why does the brain keep the numbness strategy even after the threat passes?
6:22–7:28
7
How can you unlearn emotional numbness and re‑activate feeling?
7:28–8:32
8
What practical steps can help someone move from “zombie mode” to feeling alive again?
8:32–9:50