A Few Ways We Numb
• Web Surfi ng & Social Media
• Food & Excessive Sugar • Alcohol or Drugs • Buying or Hoarding Stuff
• Living in Fantasy (not Reality)
• Staying Constantly Busy • Excessive Fitness Junkie • Getting Lost in Politics • Vanity and Narcissism • Avoidance of People • Having All The Answers
• Diversion from Uncomfortable Questions In Life
grows up into an adult holding all that in and numbing themselves to the full essence of life. They may appear happy and positive to their friends and the world, but deep down inside they are so numb that the torment they live with is the only feeling they know. In this case, numbing is what is keeping them in the experience. There are many times we fi nd ourselves in situations and moments that are more than the mind can comprehend. There are moments that are just too great for us to begin to make sense out of and piece together. There are times that horrible things have happened to those around us or in our world that are so great that the only thing we know to do is to numb our mind, our body, and our lives. When we experience these moments, the brain fi res rapidly with hormones and substances that assist our bodies to deal with the threat, sadness, or grief. It pushes us into strength beyond the moment so that we can fi nd some sense of normalcy or balance in our day. It is our survival in that moment. It is meant
to help protect us and deal with that experience.
Unfortunately, if we continue to numb and stay in this experience, it will eat at us from the inside out. It will rob our minds of the capacity to see life in a way that is full of joy and love and fulfi llment. It will keep us locked in the moment that has passed, just as if we are still living it in this current moment.
While thinking positive thoughts and looking for the good in all things around us can be helpful most days, if we do this at the expense of feeling the numbness, we are only hurting ourselves. What happens in the body is in the body, not just the mind. If we only focus on healing the mind or making the mind think that everything is okay, we negate the cellular memories stored in the body. To heal these things, we must connect the mind and body together, or we are only working with half of the equation. The more we numb, the more we are still living in the past with no “get-out-of-jail-free” card. We have sentenced ourselves to a life of
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