numbing emotions
2 episodes mention this concept
HealthyGamerGGOct 1, 2022The Paradox of Choice: Overcoming Loss Aversion and Embracing Commitment from a Spiritual Perspective
Self-DevelopmentLoss AversionIdentity FormationAdaptabilitySpiritual Bypassing- HealthyGamerGGDec 25, 2019
The Intertwined Nature of Trauma, Attachment, and the Search for Meaning
PsychologyAttachment to fantasyShattered expectationsPre-existing sadnessNumbing emotions
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Concepts that appear alongside numbing emotions across episodes.
- subjective experience of peace
- samskara (some scar)
- neti neti
- shattered expectations
- pre-existing sadness
- unresolved trauma
- distraction as coping mechanism
- attachment to fantasy
- meaning-making
- clogged mental inventory (rpg analogy)
- contemplative practice
- adaptability
- commitment phobia
- nihilism (personal reality vs. philosophy)
- emotional processing
- occupied ram (processor analogy)
- what-if vs. what-is thinking
- desire to live (as cultivated, not inherent)
- spiritual bypassing
- fear of missing out (fomo)