11/27/2025
There’s a reason you don’t know what you feel, and it’s not because you’re “emotionally broken.” It’s because you were trained—young—to shut it all down. When you grew up in a home where your emotions were dismissed, mocked, or punished, you learned fast that feeling only made life harder. So you adapted. You got quiet. You got smart. You got strong. You became whatever kept the peace. And somewhere along the way, your body decided it was safer to feel nothing than to feel everything you were carrying.
The problem is that numbness isn’t emptiness. It’s overflow with no language. You think you don’t feel, but truth is you feel too much—you just never learned how to hold it. And because sadness, fear, and hurt were never allowed, your default emotion became anger. Not because you’re angry by nature, but because anger was the only feeling that protected you. Anger kept people at a distance. Anger made you untouchable. Anger was the shield your younger self built because no one taught you how to be held, only how to survive.
Reconnecting with your emotions isn’t about forcing tears or digging up every wound. It’s about creating the safety you never had. It’s slowing down long enough to notice that tightness in your chest instead of running from it. It’s admitting that the anger is covering something softer. You begin healing when you stop shaming yourself for being disconnected and start understanding why. Because once you see that your numbness was a response to trauma—not a flaw—you can finally give yourself permission to feel again without fear of falling apart. And that’s where everything changes. 💙