Numbness means a loss of sensation, Emotional numbness is simply a coping mechanism used to shut out feelings and emotions. The person gets to a point where they no longer feel anything inside; no emotions, they simply feel nothing and just move with the motion of life. Basically, the person is unable to think, feel or react normally; there is a lack of emotion.
Ever feel like you’ve done a lot of things but somehow, you can’t measure up or meet up? Or you have struggled to get somewhere, yet somehow, it doesn’t happen? You feel like you’re not good enough; you’re not trying or doing enough and what you do isn’t ever going to be enough. Well, you could have experienced feelings of inadequacy.
In life, we go through things that (both negative and positive) that stress us physically and mentally. An example of a negative event is being abused, losing someone and so on. A positive event could be getting married, a new job, moving. With all that happens in our lives, we find a way to manage and cope with these life stress and triggers. What we do to manage them is known as coping mechanism.
In my latest ViewPoint post about suicide attempt, I asked a couple of people what they think causes suicide, what age is too young to attempt suicide, how they would feel/react if a loved one attempted suicide and how they would respond to a loved one that attempted suicide. You can read all about it here.
Avoidance behaviour, is an unhealthy kind of behavior we exhibit in our lives in one way or the other; some more than others.
“Self-pity lies to you about who you are and steals from who you can be”
-Unknown
Confrontation can be threatening, especially if you are the one being confronted. Personally, I don’t like confronting people but I don’t mind being confronted because I feel I handle that better than confronting someone. I simply did not know how to confront someone.
Has someone ever told you a lie you totally bought, hook, line and sinker? Then has someone attempted to lie to you and you are like, “mhmm… uhuh… hmm.. oh.. wow…” girrrl… I know you are lying but ride on. Well…good for you if you can detect such lies. If you can’t, I’m going to show you how to tell when someone is lying.
I realize that most people really don’t know the difference between antisocial and asocial behaviours.
Bullying is mostly well known amongst kids and teenagers. However, adults also experience bullying at work places, association clubs and even at home. Even though this articles refers mostly to kids and teenagers, adults can take one or two things from it.
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