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Emotional numbness
Emotional numbness is a clinical finding in which a person does not feel particularly strong emotions, even in the face of circumstances that would normally trigger an emotional response.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 49-year old asked:
How should I cure my emotional numbness?
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I'm wondering how to cure emotional numbness?
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A 36-year old asked:
Please tell me what causes emotional numbness?
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A 41-year old asked:
I was just wondering how can I cure my emotional numbness?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can you tell me what it mean when emotional numbness begins to become physical?
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A 30-year old asked:
How does someone get over emotional numbness?
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A 45-year old asked:
How do you cure emotional numbness in elderly perosn?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Will emotional numbness caused by grief go away on its own?
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A 32-year old asked:
Has anyone experienced emotional numbness after stopping smoking?
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A 36-year old asked:
I am emotionally numb. How come people can get emotional numbness?
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A 40-year old asked:
Is there a connection between emotional numbness and antidepressants?
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A 47-year old asked:
Could porn damage the brain and cause emotional numbness?
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A 47-year old asked:
How to cure emotional numbness? Hypothyroid on levothyroxin.
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A 18-year old female asked:
How do I stop emotional numbness caused by ssri used? I have only been on one for 7 weeks and am currently tapering off 25 mgs of zoloft (sertraline).
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A 43-year old asked:
How does parnate (tranylcypromine) cause emotional blunting/numbness?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Depressed but not sure if Prozac making worse. Emotional numbness lack of motivation anhedonia negative thoughts. Wellbutrin caused insomnia, extreme dry mouth, fits of rage. When Prozac was doubled, felt high, agitated. Tired of med merry go round.
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A 17-year old female asked:
I am experiencing numbness in my clitoris, I wanted to know if thats permanent and if theres any way I can fix it if its not? I used to masturbate every other day, and this is the first time this happens.
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A 54-year old male asked:
My son is experiencing numbness between the shoulder blades. Its odd and came on rather suddenly. He is an athlete, runs 5-6 miles per day,?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Hi when I lay down on the back of my head for some reason I get this numbness feeling on the left side of my head especially when I use a pillow. As s?
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A 60-year old male asked:
Over the past week Ive been having this sensation on my lower cheek near the jawline intermittently. I cant say its numbness but it feels like something touching it. It can happen several times a day and last for less than 5 seconds each time. ?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Hello dr's. Is there is any management to releave numbness of upper and lower limb s?
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A 40-year old male asked:
Numbness on left side?
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A 46-year old asked:
What could produce numbness in back?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Numbness?
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A 39-year old asked:
What causes sudden numbness?
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A 42-year old asked:
What causes facial numbness?
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Numbness in little toes?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Numbness in left rib cage?
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A 40-year old asked:
What causes numbness in toes?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Why do men get penile numbness?
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