Abnormal psychology Quote by Brené Brown

When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.

— Brené Brown

When you numb your pain you also numb your joy.

— Brené Brown

Painful emotions show you what prevents you from creating harmony, cooperation, sharing and reverence for life.

— Gary Zukav

Numbing is any activity that you use to desensitize your feelings so that you dont experience vulnerability or hurt. But by numbing yourself to…

— Melchor Lim

Emotions are continually affecting our thought processes and decisions, below the level of our awareness. And the most common emotion of them all is…

— Robert Greene

Emotions are raised in us, not only by the qualities and actions of others, but also by their feelings. I cannot behold a man…

— Henry Home, Lord Kames

“We conform to pain until we don't notice it anymore; it's what you call — numb — and it tragically blots out our pleasure too.”

— Bryant McGill

“Once an emotion is toxically shame bound, one feels numb. The emotional avoidance is sealed by learning to avoid the avoidance.”

— John Bradshaw

Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.

— Anonymous

Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them.

— Mariella Frostrup

We have emotions for a reason; for instance, imagine pain. You have pain so that if you touch something that's hot, or if you…

— Leonard Mlodinow

Emotion always has its roots in the unconscious and manifests itself in the body.

— Irene Claremont De Castillejo