I Don't Want to Feel Anymore

Numbing our Emotions, and Reclaiming Them After a Pregnancy Loss

Emotions are big, scary, overwhelming. In the wake of traumatic, grief-filled events, we don’t want to feel our emotions. And why would we? I don’t want to feel bad all the time!

But what happens when we numb our emotions? How do we react to shoving them aside?

In this post, I’ll talk about ways in which we avoid our feelings, how it impacts our mind and body, and what we can do about that.