From broken to numb: A sign of healing or just empty?

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Is it a good sign when you go through the experience of a pain so brutal, you feel broken in half and then you feel dead inside? Ego Death perhaps?

Is the numbness the ash of the old you? The person who was taught that love had to be earned? Is this progress?

Asking for a friend... 😉

Last updated on:2025-10-25T04:37:03+05:30

Comments (3)

MMWWIII
MMWWIII 4 mths ago

when you say “ego death,” do you mean literally feeling detached from everything, or more like just from that relationship specifically?

Blindfaith
Blindfaith 4 mths ago

just letting myself feel it, even the emptiness. journaling little thoughts and noticing them pass made it less like dying inside.

LonelyStarxx
LonelyStarxx 4 mths ago

that crushing numbness felt like i lost myself completely, like the part of me that trusted love was just… gone