Emotional Numbness (Emotionally Numb) Anxiety Symptom
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Emotional Numbness (devoid of emotions; no emotions) is a common anxiety symptom. This video explains why anxiety can cause this symptom and what you can do to get rid of it.
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I have it everyday along with feeling empty
same here
Thank you very much for this very informative video! I think that's exactly what's going on from what I saw.
A while ago, I stopped feeling all kinds of physical reaction to my emotions, as if my mind is disconnected from my body. It all started because I was getting constantly anxious and scared about potentially having a serious heart disease and started paying too much attention to it over a period of three weeks, even though my exams didn't detect anything, I was still worried and thinking about the worse and then all of a sudden, I stopped feeling any physical sensations relating to my emotions like tightness or a rush of "cold" in the chest when you're anxious, scared or excited. I also stopped feeling all kinds of emotions in my body, both positive and negative and even my own perception pf my heartbeat has been affected, because it seems fainter even when I'm exercising and it's fast. It feels like everything is numb inside, as if I can't feel anything at all, even doing things I like don't cause the same response as before.
I have never felt anything like this before (or if I have, it wasn't so severe like this) and it's scaring me. Is it normal for it to take so long to pass? It's been almost two weeks now and even when I'm calm or do relaxation techniques, it doesn't go away.
I also noticed that I can't feel stress or anxiety anymore, like sometimes I know I should be feeling nervous or anxious about something but my body doesn't respond to it, I don't feel it, as if my mind and body are disconnected somehow.
I think this is even affecting how I feel my own heart inside my chest because even when I exercise and it's faster, it still feels distant in my body, as if it's numb (and everything seems fine because i did all the exams and they didn't detect anything abnormal) so I wonder if this is also another thing caused by emotional numbness? Since it was anxiety over my heart that has triggered this.
Also is it dangerous to stay too long in this state? I'm seeking therapy right now because I can't seem to get out of this state on my own and I'm afraid this might develop into depression or that this might do some harm to my health in general because being stressed can cause a lot of diseases. I also realized I've been losing appetite too recently, is this another side-effect of emotional numbness?
Hyperstimulation can cause emotional numbness and a muted reaction to stress and fear. Essentially, we stress the body so much that it doesn't have the resources to experience emotions and the full effects of stress hormones.
No, it's not harmful. But you're right, we don't want to overly stress the body for an extended period, as chronic stress can impact our health. Working on your anxiety issues is a great way to come through this.
Thanks a lot for the reply! @@anxietycentre
I think this numbness is altering my perception of my heartbeat because I can't feel it the way I used to before, it feels "distant" in my body, even after I do some physical activity, I can't feel it being faster inside my chest the way I used to, but when I check my pulse, it is faster, I'm just not feeling it very well in my chest, but my doctor has said eveything seems fine in my exams. This also started along with the emotional numbness, so I'm guessing this fainter perception/awareness of my own heartbeat, despite everything being normal in my exams, is a consequence of the emotional numbness? It almost feels as if there is a void in my chest preventing me from properly feeling my own heart and my emotions. It feels like my chest is numb somehow, it's a physical sensation that is preventing me from feeling my own heartbeat when I should and my emotions
I have been dealing with the same thing, I can’t feel no emotions. I can’t even feel when I’m nervous, anxious, and excited. There’s days where I feel derealization. It feels like my body goes completely numb. I’ve been dealing with this for the past 2-3 weeks and I have no idea how to feel normal again. I also feel out of body experiences like if life isn’t real. Any tips to fix this.
how are you now?
How do you feel now, im experience the same thing@@AnaLugia256
I've been like this for two years, but it's varied in severity. In 2022 I was mostly numb but I had a lot of anger due to me taking Adderall. As soon as I came off of the adderall i'm left with nothing at all. I keep trying to tell people including my mom and my sister and my dad but they don't understand and always try to offer worthless "help" to me tellnig me I need to get out of the house more. They don't understand that NOTHING HELPS. I don't make decisions anymore. I have no emotions and i"m not connected with life anymore. I just go day to day living without caring. Before I was numb i was the complete oppposite of how I am now. I had chronic severe anxiety becuase I believed I had cancer and i really thought i was going to die. The fear of death is stronger than anything else you could feel. I still have health anxiety and still convince myself that I have smoething sometimes but I dno't really feel the anxiety like I used to. I still "worry" about it but I don't have that cold terror anymore. I'm in therapy and my therapist wants me to do EMDR but I don't know how taht will help. I don't feel anything when I think about my memories of beleiving i was dying. I can't even comprehend what anxiety feels like when I'm in this state, i'm in a completely different state of mind. So how is emdr supposed to do anything
EMDR coupled with cognitive therapy can be helpful. However, the therapist providing the therapy can make all the difference.
Thank you for this informative video. I have anxiety and recently went through a stressful and shocking family incident.However I realised that after I felt repulsed by my partner and close friend, despite them having nothing to do with them. I went through a couple days of grieving my love for them, panic attacks breakdowns and all. After a couple days I’ve just felt numb/ anxious towards them. Have you heard of this? Will it go away? I can’t find any answers about this and I’m so afraid it will affect my relationships with these people who are very dear to me.:(
Yes, it is common. It generally subsides as the body recovers from stress.
thank you so much for this video, it literally describes me right now and your advice and tone of voice is brilliant, really soothing, thank you again.
one question. I have noticed that i feel so emotionally numb that i actually cant feel the anxiety, i cant feel on edge, is this normal when dealing with emotional numbness?
Yes, that is common. We have an article about something similar here: www.anxietycentre.com/anxiety-disorders/symptoms/no-longer-feel-stress-hormones/
Hello mark, how are you doing now any better!!!
How r u right now??
Recovered??
This video is Life saver ❤️ Thank you Sir🙂God Bless
You're very welcome. Glad you found it helpful!
Would love to see more videos like this!
Thank you for letting us know. We're planning on doing videos like this one for all anxiety symptoms. Be sure to subscribe to our channel so that you are alerted when each one is completed.
thank you
Hello! I’ve had a question about why I can still laugh and cry but can’t actually feel THAT CHEMICAL RUSH that’s come with it. Also numbs out my adrenaline
Chronic stress can make the body insensitive to cortisol. While the body is still secreting cortisol, it's having a greatly reduced effect.
@@anxietycentre o okay that makes totally sense. Because of that it can possibly numb out emotions and hunger cues also
@@thomasiliev3233 how are you now and the same thing happened to me as well
@@thomasiliev3233 how r u right now??
Recovered?
@@anxietycentre u said in video,, numbness is later phase in recovery of Anxiety...
It means i am close to be recovered??
Please reply
Please talk about hearing and ear syptoms
We're going to be doing videos on all anxiety symptoms, including hearing and the ears. Was there a particular symptom you were interested in?
@@anxietycentre when there is a hearing loss kind of like what you experienced from your page.
@@anxietycentre Jim your channel is the best anxiety channel
I went numb in may 9/10 i was feeling intense fear i didnt feel safe and i felt trapped I couldn't espcape.
I belive i was feeling this way for a few days as well.
I felt lots of tingling in the back of my brain and just lots of pressure in the brain i tried listening to frequency music to try and calm down it didnt work i was to much in fear and my brain squeezed even more and i just could calm down.
I dont know what happend. I dont know how it happend? Or maybe even exactly when at night but i think my emotions just shut down?
I used to be so sensitive and cry a lot everyone shamed me for it they also shamed for for being angry and basically every "negative" emotions when they are not bad right? Im not supposed to feel this way nor feel angry. But its okay if my family can but i cant. If do then there is something wrong with me. But they are normal.
But anyway i would like my sensitivity back to normal. I remember some tears would come out when i went to the bathroom. I noticed one time i did but not all the time like i used to?
Its like my emotions disconnected from my brain. I want yo feel sensitive like i used to permanently. I feel something but i just feel it intensely throughout my while body
Thank you for your video. I've had anxiety for the past 2 years varying from mild to severe. The last couple of weeks I have been extremely anxious, they all have to do with my thoughts (what if), and my sleep has been terrible. Waking up everynight around 2/3am sweat and having racing thoughts, struggling to sleep after that. Since yesterday I have been feeling emotionally numb or very little emotions. Being anxious and fatigued seems to be the cause ?
Stress, including anxiety-caused stress is a common cause of feeling emotionally numb (and all the other symptoms you mentioned). Fortunately, it can all go away when you reduce your stress, especially the stress coming from worry. As the body recovers, you should see your symptoms subside...in time.
i thought i got rid of anxiety because i was feeling calm, but then i realized I'm just emotionally numb which is not a very nice feeling and i would like to feel again, does it mean my anxiety is still here tho? I did not have a panic attack for more than 2 months
You can have issues with anxiety without panic attacks.
Can emotional numbness make your partner not feel his love for you ? I’m in a relationship with someone who is experiencing emotional numbness and it’s so so hard. I’m trying to be supportive and understanding but so often feel unattended to and neglected.
Yes, emotional numbness can make a person with anxiety disorder seem distant and inattentive. But so can just dealing with anxiety disorder, as it can cause the person to become internally focused as they try and understand the strong feelings within. Helping the person overcome anxiety disorder and being supportive and patient will bring a return to the person's old self in time. Here are other ways to help someone with anxiety disorder. www.anxietycentre.com/tips/15-ways-to-help-someone-with-anxiety-disorder/
I have this now after a meditation. It’s really horrible. I hate it. It’s like who I am as a person has turned off but I’ve always loved meditating so I don’t know what’s happened.
@Titch Keat (CURE EMOITIONAL NUMBNESS)
Hi friends , hope you are well! . I am Raman and 1 among you who had undergone emotional numbness for about 1 and half year . I am completly fine now. it took me around 8 months frankly speaking to feel again. i have worked harder and harder to during these 7 to 8 months actually to feel my emotions . I had done tons of research to finally come to conclusion that we can again be emotionaly sensitive with some activity , diet , supplements.
1) We have to heal our limbic system of brain , specially cingulare gyrus ( responsible for empathy and compassion) if it is under active it causes various mental and personality disorders like
a) Social Anhedonia b) schizoid personality disorder , c) autism , d) borderline personality e) avoidance personality and so on
2) work on increasing neurotransmitter (love chemical) OXYTOCIN
3) Work on increasing neurotransmitter ( Dopamine and Norepinepharine) resonbile for our craving for socialization and hating isolation
& Maintaining Gut health
4)CBT therapy ( only for people with PTSD ) works on subconcious mind
5) Exercise (any) , Yoga (limbic system ), meditation (metta and normal ),
6) Diet Which i will explain
7)supplements which i will explain
8) Safely tapper off antidepressants specially SSRI SERTALINE ( this increased my Emotional blunting and ED) i will guide you on this.
If u want my guidance contact me at ramankarora1990@gmail.com
Thats it . it seems difficult but its very easy!
You have to pay only One time throughout the Journey !!
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I have put alot of time and money to gather this information and read lots of books on science of neurology , psychology, homeopathy, Ayurveda, accupressure science for various mental disorders and mirror neurons .
What inspired me? i also suffered from Emotional numbness , prefered isolation, so i felt out of love with my girl friend without any reason and didnot enjoy her company anymore despite she was same loving , caring , loyal, was unable to love back and like my family either. So i can feel pain of other people as well. Luckily i am just like a normal guy and and no more emotionaly numb, i can have fun, make people laugh wherever i am emotional i am able to cry now i am able to bond people at emotional level.
Different people different reasons
1) Post trauma stress disorder in childhood ( resulting in brain's defence mechanasim that shut down processing of emotions to protect you from further emotional pain as you grow in adulthood very slowly until u reach a point where u fully realize it. ( It could be a product 1 or many painful events of ur life for example , sexualy abused in childhood, parents consitent fights , parents have extra marital affair, parents have not been caring to you , death of parents or closed one , consistent rejection from crush or lover , GF/BF cheating on you and many more . #CBT therapy is effective in this case#
2) Brain injury ( Hampers limbic system )
resulting in (low IQ , low concentration, low memory >> brain fog >> Bipolar disorder >> depression >> emotional numbness # Diet , Supplemets, exercise , mindfulness, accupressure is effective in this case)
3) Antidepressants side effect causes emotional blunting & numbness
( Diet , supplements , exercise , mindfulness, accupressure , is effective in this case)
Hi, I think I have experienced this too but I'm not sure... I have been feeling nothing when I would cry I'd feel nothing, when I'd laugh I'd feel nothing, and when I'd see something scary I'd feel nothing, I also couldn't feel hungry or tired but I was sleeping 8hours as normal. I started to worry it could be bipolar but went to a psychiatrist who told me that I do not have bipolar. I have had anxiety my whole life and have experienced this symptom after I started speaking about trauma I went through in the past. I do still worry that this could be something much more serious however even after I've been told by everyone around me that I am okay and I am just anxious. Should I be worried or does this sound like emotional numbness to you?
The symptom you mentioned is common for hyperstimulation (an overly stressed body). As you work on recovering from stress, you should see your normal emotions and their stability return. I wouldn't worry about that symptom at all. In fact, worrying can cause that symptoms to persist since worry stresses the body.
Thank you so much this is really reassuring to hear :)
@@ellievesey4559 how are you now? i'm the same as you
Ive taken ashwaganda (Cortisol lowering supplement) for the past year and my life has been great, and it had bern great before ever taking it. I am eating very healthy and I do exercise 3 Times a week. Now i have stopped taking ashwagandha for the past 2 weeks and I feel emotionally numb and stressed all the time (I think its high cortisol), I still exercise and eat very healthy but I am crumbling, what should I do?
I encourage to you to work on your recovery naturally so that you don't need supplements to keep your body stable. Working with an experienced anxiety disorder therapist is the best way to make healthy behavioral change.
When you feel as if the world around you is dull and lifeless as well as your emotions is that anxiety and depression or derealization?
It could be one or the other, or both. There can also be a behavioral component, too.
Hi, I’m going through anxiety recovery and most of my symptoms are gone m. If I do get any they are very mild and don’t last long at all. I haven’t had a panic attack in a long time. But now I feel stuck because I I feel really depressed for no reason. I should be happy because it’s dying down but I don’t,things seem so pointless and hopeless. Is this also part of the anxiety? If so does it eventually go away?
Feeling depressed during the final stages of recovery is common. We explain why in the Recovery Support area. If you ignore it and continue with your recovery efforts, it will lift in time. There's no reason to be concerned about it. Treat it like you would any anxiety symptom because it will subside in time. If it doesn't subside, there could be some behavioral reasons for it since anxiety and depression often co-exist due to similar underlying factors. Identifying and addressing the underlying factors will eliminate behavioral-caused depression.
Thank you! Would happen to know an estimated time it takes to lift? Just incase it is something else I can be able to address that?
Unfortunately, there is no way to gauge progress because there are many factors involved. However, if all your symptoms have subsided but feeling depressed, and it's lasting a few weeks or more after everything else has subsided, you might want to connect with a therapist to see if that is a lingering symptom requiring more time, or behavioral-related.
Hope you are feeling better in yourself and in a good place now. I am going through the same and it is not easy anxiety and panic from chronic stress and now depression for me. Big hug to you. 🦋🌟🦋
Hi there, i hope you're feeling better now. If this is still an issue, it is worth looking up 'the let down effect'. Explains why some people are numb/sad or depressed when recovering from extended stress. Your cortisol levels dip way below their usual level and it can leave you with lower mood and even susceptible to illness. The way to beat this is to let it happen and carry on. Its like a pendulum, if you stress over it, your cortisol increases again and the pendulum swings the other way back into the anxiety cycle when you actually want it to only swing to the baseline. Acceptance of all these symptoms is key.
this is really stressful. i really love my boyfriend & it feels like i can’t physically feel the love but i know i feel it. can this be it?
OMG it's the same for me i know that i love my family and i know the things that i enjoy but i can't feel that enjoyment or love it's weird it feels like i'm just doing them because i used to if that makes sense
@@fatifleurnaciri557 ME TOO it’s like i know how i feel about it but i can’t PHYSICALLY feel it i can’t even cry
@@maddierose8123 i feel you it sucks tbh but WE are gonna make it and feel all of our emotions again it takes some Time but WE will make it dont give UP i wish you all the best
Experiencing the same rn 😢 Have you guys gotten any better? Idk if it’s anxiety like this video mentions or depression. I’ve literally addressed the things that caused me stress and nothing has changed ):
How are you doing everyone?
Please doc will i be able to feel emotions and love again after anxiety recovery?
Yes. The good news is that our normal emotions return when we reduce and eliminate hyperstimulation.
@@anxietycentreHello i need your answer pls . I feel emotional detached and i can’t feel happy or love i was in love with my boyfriend and our relationship was perfect and now i feel soo fucking numb i’m worried and i feel bad that i’m not feeling nothing for him omd Dp is so weird . Will i be able to love him again😩😩😩
Doc one last question please . I’m feeling better i mean i feel calmer and i’m not scared of symptoms anymore , I don’t have panic , antidepressants have helped me with mood . I feel 50% recovered but the other part it feel like it will never happens . Is the process very slow and should i be very patient because i still feel disconnected
If you've addressed your underlying factors (Level Two recovery), it can take a very long time for the body to respond to stress reduction, and much longer than most people realize. So yes, be very patient. The disconnected feeling will subside in time.
is it normal to not feel sleepy because of the emotional numbness?
It's common for hyperstimulation to make you feel like you have an abundance of energy and don't want to, or can't sleep. Emotional numbness is another symptom of hyperstimulation. Both are very common.
Is this the same as depersonalization/derealization?
No, emotional numbness and depersonalization/derealization are separate symptoms. However, DP/DR can include emotional numbness.
I had different panic attacks two months ago and they left me emotionally numb and like I've lost interest in life. I can still laugh but I feel like I'm not totally present and like I can't fully enjoy the moment. I still can get anxious though... is this normal?
It is normal for anxiety, especially after having panic attacks.
@@anxietycentre My emotional numbness now feels better, it seems like I've started to regain my emotions and I now feel more reconnected with myself. Today is the first day that I'm actually feel less detached, but as soon as I felt better my anxiety kicked in with no reason. Is this normal? I guess I just gotta accept the anxiety and relax till my body gets desensitized.
@@precarioassistentedimiura5934 hey I know what you mean and I go through the mail same thing I been chronically stressed and I know my body and mind are tired.. we need to find a way to recover
Recover by lowering our overall stress levels
@@Lexlex11848 are you okay now?i'm still struggling with emotional numbness its been 3 weeks after panic attack