months help: Anyone ever have so many things happen in their life that you feel numb to everything? - Help.com

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
-Helen Keller

When I was 15 years old, I had a very bad event happen to me, and it turned me pretty cold blooded. I was angry for a while, but eventually it just turned into numbness and insensate rage. And I think that happened because that’s what happens to people when they get consumed and trampled by life. But after a year or two of that, I got brought out of it by some very loving and godly people who informed me about life, and I made a choice that I was going to get out of that numbness no matter what. Failure was not an option.

Christ changed my life.
And I will never be that numb, listless person again.

I think you are numb because you are overloaded with emotions, and the numbness is your body’s way of helping you cope.

I have depression and I know that numbness, it can be a comfort at times, but it is not really good to stay there. You need to find a way express your emotions so they do not build up like this.

You need to go through all those emotions that come with the dealth of a loved one. The anger, the sadness, the regret, the pain.

You need to break down and cry and let it out. I am a woman and it comes easier for me, I know it is harder for most men to let them selfs breakdown like that. It makes you feel vulnerable and that is a scary feeling to deal with too. But it is better to let it all out, then for it to come out as an uncontrolable rage.

Do you have a minister or someone you can go talk to?

Tired of being Broke wrote:
Thank you both for replying. I do not attend church anymore due to the fact that I grew up in PA in a family church and now I’m down here in NC and I’m afraid to go to a new church. My father the one who passed was a reverend at my church, he was the one I spoke to about my issues.

Well, that would explain a lot.
Maybe just try talking to God about stuff directly in prayer.
Helped me out a lot when I couldn’t trust anybody.

Maybe this would be time to look for a new church. It will be to have that support group for you and your family.

Try writing or drawing in a blank book. Do it naturally, be honest, and see what happens. Sometimes it helps, hope you get un-numbed.

neeedssomehelp wrote:
Try writing or drawing in a blank book. Do it naturally, be honest, and see what happens. Sometimes it helps, hope you get un-numbed.

Yes, writing is a good emotional outlet.

Yes. Best to get over it before the baby comes. You got to protect that baby from life a bit and show your love.

Tired of being Broke wrote:
Thank you all, I appreciate all of the help I really do. I have 3 other little ones running around too so you’re right I need to be there for all of them I’m the one they look up to. I am not completly cured but I feel better knowing I now have some more ammunition for this internal battle.

Well, when you’re ready to step up your game to the napalm and nuclear warheads, let us know. We’ll be here ready to help you burn that sonbitch down.