numbing

I'm happy you did end up sleeping at some point \^\^. This is going to sound really evil but bare with me when i say this. You mentioned this hasn't happened to you before there has ALWAYS been a reas…

the anxiety is gone... but now there's just a massive void. How do you handle the "nothingness" after liberation? — Hey everyone, First of all, thank you for the incredible support on my last post. It’s been overwhelming. But I need to be honest with you today: while on the outside it looks like I’m finally "winni…

Sudden wisdom teeth extraction. — I went to the dentist because my lower wisdom teeth were hurting me. The dentist basically just sprang a wisdom tooth extraction appointment on me for tomorrow and I’m really anxious about it that I c…

anxious when excited? (36nb) — it's something I just realized recently and wanted to explore a little before addressing it properly with my therapist in a couple weeks for decades, like for as long as I can remember, I have always…

Why you should go no contact after a breakup. — Why you should go fully no contact after a breakup, and why you shouldn’t try to maintain being friends SHORTLY after a breakup? Just give it time. The most important thing you need to learn, is e…

How can I do better — My Story — A Journal Entry Where It All Began I grew up in a joint family — grandparents, cousins, relatives all around. On the surface, there was warmth and togetherness. But my immediate family wa…

Losing trust in a clinical psychologist - what next? — I’m a freshly licensed counselor (M28) who has seen a total of 5 paid therapists in the past 4 years (another 3 previously who were trainees). The change were mostly due to stuck progress and my previ…

I have a serious aversion to meditation and being present in general. And I don't know how to overcome it. — I have meditated consistently in the past and know how powerful it can be. Whenever I maintain a practice, I engage more with my life and am largely freed from the workaholism, binge eating, and other…

I have been scared to sleep for 3 days because of this experience (Viberational state, but not how everybody discribes it) HELP — Hi everyone, I have been interested in shifting for a while, I knew that astral projection was real, but was just not that interested in it. However, I try to shift almost every night, I shift sucessf…

What do I do after getting cheated on? — Me and my boyfriend have been together 7 years and I just found out he was living a double life the whole time during our relationship. When we first started dating it was agreed we were in a closed …

The best summary of cptsd ive come across — someone commented this and I think its really helpful overview of cptsd for us What CPTSD Actually Is CPTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) comes from prolonged, repeated trauma, especially…

I’m coping with stress in really unhealthy ways and I don’t know how to stop — I feel a bit stupid even writing this, but I think I need some outside perspective. Lately I realized that I basically run away from any uncomfortable thought or feeling. Like the second something fe…

Struggling of letting go of someone while realizing what I truly want M28, F28, F27 — TL;DR - I’m caught between two women who seemingly love me and want to commit to me, but it’s messy and complicated. I’ve been in a really messy emotional spot lately. I’m realizing that my past rel…

How to manifest your dream job when you are depressed? — Folks! I'm deep in interviews and applications, trying to get the job of my dreams. But I am so depressed with my current situation. I hate my current job; the pay is horrible, the work is mind-numbin…

You shouldn't be so happy — TW: neglect My narc mother is a bitch from hell... we established this a long ass time ago. I had a flashback/core memory/the trauma. My mother never took care of me in any motherly fashion. I wou…

Artemis was better than therapy — it was so emotional and inspiring. I didnt want it to end. the pictures that came from their journey. seeing the earth and moon. it was bittersweet. thats where I am. that was me. no matter how ba…

My partner (F20) is struggling with a mental health crisis and I (M22) don't know how to help TW: Suicide — So this post is for my partner (And kind of me as well) who is currently struggling with what I want to say is autistic burnout. Basically we dated for 18 months, we were each other's worlds, we broke…

100%. The distance between you and your partner is causing you emotional pain. Constantly. This feeling should help bring you together, but with a DA it obviously doesn't. So you start emotionally num…

Aww I am so sorry 😔 IMO, part of self regulation is allowing yourself to deeply grieve. Allowing your body to weep, your mind to spiral, your heart to hurt and accepting yourself in it. Of course y…

I think there’s a spectrum to fear starting with a general sense of unease/anxiety and progressing all the way to full-blown paralyzing/mind-numbing terror. For me personally the avoidance tends to m…

You literally just do what you learned in therapy Stop resisting discomfort and start leaning into it Express it without acting on it, numbing it or distracting away from it Yes, it's painful, I al…

Hi, just wanted to say you're not alone in this. I'm aroace (my attachment style comes to play in platonic relationships) but for the longest time in my life I denied being aromantic because I wanted…

Eh don’t think it’s so easy. Everyone copes differently. I’ve been with mine for 5.5 years. She left me 6 weeks ago. I’m pretty sure she’s doing the same, people need validation as a form of coping. D…

I would say it eradicated my fear of death. But I learned last night that it did not. I'm suffering from a rough covid illness and accidentally overdid it on Chloraseptic spray, swallowed some. Went t…

It's pretty common to have younger guys online trying their luck. They're even here on Reddit sliding into your DMs. I wouldn't be surprised if they're the ones trolling this sub, there seems to be qu…

I'd do the opposite and graphically tell him why you're opening the door. Describe how badly you have to shit. Tell him what you think it's going to smell like, or the texture it will be. Or even just…

I mean... you crawled out of something that SWALLOWS people whole, and you did it. But here is what nobody really warns you about. When you remove the thing that was numbing everything, the grief and …

Congrats on the sobriety! Definitely start with the great advice about looking into alternatives to Ritalin, and potentially lab work to make sure nothing is super off there. I just have two other su…

I was just pondering this today. It’s part of the cognitive dissonance that’s preventing me from moving on–he was SUCH a good person. I married my WH because he was the kindest man I’d ever met. Gen…

I can only give you the statistics i remember. They are pretty detailed in the book Cheating in a Nutshell. Best book on infidelity is have ever read, by the way. Something like 50% initially stay. …

i relate to this a lot. i have an avoidant attachment style too and something i’ve noticed in myself is that repair in a conversation and repair in my nervous system don’t happen on the same timeline.…

OP, i know THIS hurts but stay away from alcohol and drugs. Numbing yourself like this will not help you. It's a short term fix. You don't have to decide right now. Take your time and space if you ne…

With your last paragraph on being able to explore higher focus levels without having felt the expansion sensation. For me I cant say ive ever had a huge experience with F12 mine was always more subtle…

I am your gf in this situation and I do think it’s ok to express your boundary but really gently. My husband did this with me because I work in a job where I sometimes had sad situations, burnout is c…

You are miserable because you are so, so hyper focused on your ex and what her life’s going like… Stop concerning yourself with things that aren’t your concern. Get out there and focus on yourself. M…

Movement helped me manage it. I run or lift. I also try to clean one part of my home as it is a visual representation of my current state of mind. Instead of binge-watching or gaming, I try to connect…

most meditation is just mind numbing delulu chasing this concept of enlightenment. If you meet a lot of meditators you’ll understand. For me it’s just an activity like exercise or brushing my teeth. h…

Very well said! The future as a cheated upon spouse, also carries with it the burden of, every day, for the rest of your life, living with a soul numbing paranoia that you may never be able to shake…

I'm glad you're here. Everyone's story is gonna be different, so take what you will from mine. I had a father who was very present. He was a teacher, played games with us, spent summers taking us to t…

Avoidants are hella unable to hear a heated argument. It gets translated into some crazy therapy lingo in their minds. It’s the most mind numbing game of backwards psychology.

I almost don’t wanna believe this is real due to how mind numbingly simple the answer here is. Respect yourself and leave, babes.

You want to control these feelings? Using CBT, feelings, thoughts and actions form an interconnected triangle. We can only change thoughts and actions, which indirectly change feelings. This is one wa…

What a mind numbingly stupid take.

Thank you for this. I've tried to create a meditation habit and failed multiple times - for the last two weeks I've been doing 30 min in the morning fairly consistently, but it's excruciating. Altern…

I agree. I feel like im in the same position to 'wake up' and stop numbing myself and live out my 20s. I want my life to be big and full of community and living in LA that is sooo achievable.

for me it was always going for a walk with no destination and no headphones. i know that sounds painfully basic but the point was that it was boring enough that my brain had to actually process whatev…

Thanks for your input. Over the counter lidocaine (4%) has legitimate uses for disorders and pain for both penises and vaginas. The "numbing" effect is mild since the point is to enjoy intercourse and…

Me too. First breakup sober. Its hard sitting with the feelings and not numbing. Need to bust out my journal.

Totally get this. For those who love truly, deeply and sincerely, there is no ‘un-loving’ them. But that ‘little’ numbing ache becomes a really huge problem when it follows you through every second of…

Deleting the apps is step one, even if it feels impossible right now. The withdrawal from that constant ping of validation is real but you gotta sit with the discomfort instead of numbing it with new …

How would you describe the seasonings? Sweet, salty, vinegary, bland, spicy, numbing, any combinations of the above?

No. It maybe helped at first but I quickly became addicted. Mostly it just makes me depressed, encourages my binge eating. It helps sometimes if I’m panicking and I smoke a high cbd strain. If I’m smo…

Listen to me she has not moved on . neither have you. So why the hell would she? Social media is such a mask people put on that they’re so happy that they’re so serious. It’s just a post in real life.…

Like with any addiction, look for the triggers - what happens right before you pick it up? If you identify those, then try to address them, that’s the root cause. For example, I’d often go on tiktok …

I am currently trying to process many things that I couldnt growing up & I keep finding more things & I end up in my habit of non reaction & numbing myself out to both past trauma & new smaller stress…

Yeah I feel that, everyone's just drinking to drown out all the pain or sorrow and all that, just numbing themselves 😪 it's kinda like how I see some office workplaces

Yeah you get it. I’m sensitive to energy and can feel other peoples moods and emotions often before they can. No judgement at all about numbing, it’s why I used to drink and take drugs because I neede…

Three weeks and you're already this clear headed? Thats impressive as hell. Most people spend months trying to convince themselves their ex was terrible just to feel better about the whole thing. The …

thx, i ended up sleeping it was 3am i did as u suggested i identified where the feeling is coming from (it was my legs and pelvis) it was heavy and i felt a bit cold so i covered myself w a blanket. …

I'm glad. Trust your instincts. They are here for a purpose. Listen to them, believe them. Such an environment might teach you to numb them, and numbing them might screw your life. I'm sorry that you…

There is only so much work you can do alone. We need others to hold up a mirror and trigger what being alone won't do and that's where the growth happens. It's where you find out if you have the capac…

I have met LOTS of women for whom a magic wand is way too intense, to the point of discomfort or actually numbing. Showing enthusiasm for them bringing their own toys into the bedroom is great, diggin…

Weed will mask some things. If you havent had the time to process then when you stop smoking itll all come back. Smoke when youre happy and be happy. Drugs when youre sad is just sad. I say this as a …

I find keeping busy helps. Sometimes we even strive under high intensity situations that normies find stressful. I don't necessarily want to promote numbing agents such as drugs or medication but I'…

Yeah, I do find myself getting caught off guard at times... This is true... It is what it is... Not that i didn't try to be vulnerable, it just feels like an impossible task sadly... I wish it wasn't …

The exposure therapy idea is something I've thought about too, setting specific stalk times just to start numbing myself to it. But I know myself and I couldn't keep that discipline, and I'd end up st…