Emotional Numbness
We humans perceive the world in a construct made up from basic information captured by our senses. We perceive this constructed world in various ways - colour, music, temperature, odour… none of which is objectively real. One perception of the world we often overlook is emotion. Like all our perceptions, there is no objective reality to them, but again like our other perceptions, not feeling things can seriously affect our survival.
Much like there is no red in light, there is no happy in presents, no joy in chocolate and no sadness in death. What there is is happy in you when you receive a present, joy in you when you each chocolate and sadness in you when someone dies.
There are two main reasons why we stop feeling. Complications with biology and too much stimulation. These can be further complicated by combining.
So, if you are feeling emotionally numb, first, survive the situation in front of you, second look for over stimulation and find a way to deal with that so you can switch back on. If there is no source of over stimulation, look to the biological and do something to change your life.
The full article at my blog
http://jomida.com/jomida-blog/
Much like there is no red in light, there is no happy in presents, no joy in chocolate and no sadness in death. What there is is happy in you when you receive a present, joy in you when you each chocolate and sadness in you when someone dies.
There are two main reasons why we stop feeling. Complications with biology and too much stimulation. These can be further complicated by combining.
So, if you are feeling emotionally numb, first, survive the situation in front of you, second look for over stimulation and find a way to deal with that so you can switch back on. If there is no source of over stimulation, look to the biological and do something to change your life.
The full article at my blog
http://jomida.com/jomida-blog/