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same here

You're very welcome. Glad you found it helpful!

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

EMDR coupled with cognitive therapy can be helpful. However, the therapist providing the therapy can make all the difference.

Yes, it is common. It generally subsides as the body recovers from stress.

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??

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.

@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 !! llConsultancy charge 10 USD only!! 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)

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

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

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.

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/

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

You can have issues with anxiety without panic attacks.

It could be one or the other, or both. There can also be a behavioral component, too.

Yes. The good news is that our normal emotions return when we reduce and eliminate hyperstimulation.

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.

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.

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?

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

No, emotional numbness and depersonalization/derealization are separate symptoms. However, DP/DR can include 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.