Why do I feel so numb all the time?

I think feeling numb can sometimes develop as a subconscious defence mechanism to difficult circumstances. Having overwhelming emotions can be exhausting, and sometimes the brain just wants to shut down. Even though numbness doesn't equal happiness, it might feel more peaceful than dealing with certain emotions.

If you don't trust yourself, it's normal. Try to believe your soul and mind. And try be brave. It feels better.

Are you feeling numb from drugs? Dxm can make you feel nauseous and dizzy as well as numb. If not, try consulting a doctor or a professional about it if it continues.

There are many possible reasons, so I will address one that has been personally troubling for me. Sometimes, when you are experiencing many emotions at once, your brain experiences sensory overload. Consciously or subconsciously, you may then try to solve this by suppressing all emotion altogether. You just need to go through your thoughts one by one, and understand why you are thinking and feeling the way you are. Go one by one, and accept each feeling and thought. Don't try to convince yourself that you aren't feeling sad, or angry, or afraid. Understand that each feeling serves a purpose and doesn't control nor define you. This is all of course assuming that sensory overload is the cause. There are many other possible causes, some being medically dangerous. See a doctor immediately if this numbness and is followed by seizures, strokes, trouble breathing, or persistent head pains.

You want to be told that you were hurt deeply. You chose to be numb. You can better choose to feel. Once you use Logic, you'll exit your numbness.

Sometimes we can become numb to disassociate from difficult feelings. This can happen after a distressing thought, or perhaps during a difficult period in your life. What I like to do when this happens, is to ask myself if I have had a distressing thought or memory recently that could have triggered it, or I reach out to someone to express and acknowledge how I feel.

Personally when I have feelings of numbness or apathy it really is due to some confusion. I think deep down we do actually care about our lives, the lives of others, but many things influence our path and direction that I think the numbness comes from being tired of hearing "you should do this" "you shouldn't do that" whether that's coming from external sources or your own internal thoughts. It is tiring and you go into a mode of stop stop stop I'm not going to try anymore, I'm done, and all of these things. So the thing that has helped me is first realizing this can be a cause of numbness. Other things that seem to help is looking back to when you did care about something, then go through what made you slowly not care about that anymore... again was that from other people saying you can't/making you feel you can't, maybe you had that one bad experience and you said I'll never try again. Once you breakdown the influences you may still have fears of moving forward and trying "once more" but first step is just look into what you want to pursue. Talk to others whatever form that is. Do the research and eventually you may regain a passion for whatever it is again. Or if you are numb from the relationships you have with others, I think the same introspective method still can work. Look at a good point you had with those individuals, look at then the things that occurred that separated you from others. No one is perfect so maybe you either look past the bad things that happened and forgive, or you can realize the friendship isn't worth it anymore (which is sad but sadness can be better than numbness as this helps to move forward). Whatever it is I think it is important to look back and analyze when you did care, find out what changed, decide whether you want to continue the path or move into a new direction.

sounds like you are questioning the feeling you are experiencing constantly? or not feeling anything even, numbness?

it could be depression you could check on this site at the self help guides or take the test if you want to check

You may feel numb due to a lot of things. It really just depends what's going on in your life and holding you back from being really happy. You need to find what's making you upset, and change it or talk it out with someone to the best of your ability, and then change to be a happier person and not feel so numb!