Understanding Depression and Numbness

Depression and emotional numbness aren’t just signs of chemical imbalance—they're often signals of something deeper within us that’s been shut down, silenced, or buried.

Depression is often blocked emotion.
When powerful feelings like grief, anger, or longing are pushed down for too long, the result can be a flatness or heaviness that feels like depression.

Numbness is a defense.
Emotional numbness protects us from pain—but it also cuts us off from joy, love, and vitality. It’s a sign the nervous system has gone into shutdown mode to avoid what once felt overwhelming.

Negative self-beliefs reinforce the shutdown.
Harsh inner criticism, guilt, and shame are common in depression. These often reflect internalized messages from early relationships that taught us our feelings were wrong, too much, or dangerous.

The goal isn’t to “fix” you—it’s to feel again.
I’m here to help you reconnect with the emotions beneath the numbness, so you can come back to life—not just function, but feel more fully human.

Change comes through emotional connection.
True healing doesn’t come from analyzing your way out of depression—it comes from experiencing and expressing the feelings you’ve long had to bury.

You are not your depression.
Underneath the deadness is a deeper you—one that still longs to feel, to love, to live. Together, we can forge a path back to that aliveness.