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Noodletrousers · 2023-07-03T12:09:35+00:00

Here’s my first thought. You’re at least starting on even ground and not in a deep depression. Have you tried meditating? Try a few different types (search guided meditation on YouTube) and stick with them for a minimum of a week (month is definitely better, but you’ve gotta start somewhere).

Many people have a goal of this “numbness” you’re describing, they just frame it differently. Usually trying to envision it as the lack of material desire.

I’m a firm believer in taking what you already have and working with it instead of trying to completely change your life or routine/course/path, etc.

Are there any activities that bring a smile to your face? Anything that gets your blood pumping at all?

SelectionNo3078 · 2023-07-03T12:42:45+00:00

i'd love to feel nothing

i still feel everything every day

it's less intense most of the time.

but not gone.

Long-Review-1861 · 2023-07-03T18:40:50+00:00

Yep I'm numb after being cheated on by the fourth different woman. What i have researched is that your nervous system has essentially turned off and you're in freeze mode from the shock and trauma. Look up somatic therapy

ronin2722 · 2023-07-05T18:12:14+00:00

I am going through this currently, just left my wife a month ago and the mental game in my head has been really hard to deal with. I don't have a magic fix currently, but I will say being in here and talking and reading others similar stories has helped me to start feeling like I am not out of control. Down but certainly not out and I need to get her out of my head. I hate this process is going to take so long because that keeps us having to talk and or interact even if its just once we start having court. I hate not having someone there to talk to, but getting this done and being able to cut all contact and close that chapter is the best outcome for me. Slowly we will feel again it will just take time.

Title	Numb
Author	NgoloC
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Date	July 3, 2023 10:23 AM UTC (3 years ago)
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