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Emotional numbness

You know what you should feel. You do not feel it.

The volume has been turned down. It has not come back up.

What's actually happening

This is protection, not damage. There was more feeling than the system could hold, so it turned the volume down. It comes back slowly, through the body, when there is enough safety to risk it.

Practices

Start with whichever is most available to you right now. The first groups tend to work soonest; the later ones build over time.

Awareness

Heart

Why this works

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