Emotional numbness refers to a condition where a person feels a lack of emotions, as if their emotions are turned off. It can feel like a temporary inability to experience happiness, sadness, or any other strong feelings. Full definition
These physical issues may occur in isolation or in conjunction with mental and emotional manifestations such as low self esteem, insecurity, jealousy, over dependency on someone or something, obsession with sex and sexual desires, no sexual desire whatsoever or feelings of emotional numbness. (activatemychakras.com)
«As the initial shock and emotional numbness slowly subsides, I'm experiencing more flashbacks of memories from our 6.5 years of happiness, and for now these memories tend to trigger pain and intense longing.» (huffingtonpost.ca)
People with the condition experience recurring, intrusive memories about the event, and may also experience emotional numbness and detachment. (health.com)