Sentences with phrase «of emotional numbness»

Perhaps encouraged by the ever - present caress of Mandy Hoffman's score, Mary and Michael find themselves falling back into each other's arms, shocked to realize that, after years of emotional numbness, they still have real, passionate feelings for each other.

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.

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«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.»

You may lose your appetite or, in the midst of emotional turmoil or numbness, you may simply forget to eat.

In Manchester By The Sea, he makes emotional numbness compelling, revealing grace notes of humor and compassion in a character who hides his heart behind a wall.

It's no surprise that a therapy dog can help to soothe and draw out even the most isolated personality, help traumatized veterans overcome emotional numbness, and open the lines of communication which can aid in the healing process.

The U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) has studied PTSD development after major motor vehicle accidents and has found that PTSD symptoms tend to include emotional numbness a way of avoiding memories of the accident), refusing to take up driving again, refusing to talk about the accident, insomnia, extreme levels of anxiety and flashes of irritability.

Some of the typical symptoms of shell shock, now referred to as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), are: hyper - vigilance, trouble sleeping, nightmares, irritability, irrational fears, heightened anxieties, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, numbness, obsessiveness, emotional dysregulation, violence, suicide.

It is true that being a survivor of a traumatic event - or even potentially vicariously witnessing it through media coverage - can be associated with unpleasant symptoms such as flashbacks, numbness, and emotional flooding.