Emotional Numbness Worksheet
By
HappierTherapy
Author bio
The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
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What is the theory behind this Emotional Numbness Worksheet?
Research suggests that individuals use emotional numbness in order to protect themselves from getting hurt by anyone. When this emotional numbness becomes excessive it creates distress and starts to disturb one’s social and interpersonal life. It is very important to deal with this surreal feeling to get more contact with reality. The worksheet is designed to help such individuals by suggesting some coping techniques.
How will the worksheet help?
The worksheet will guide individuals about the concept. It will help them accept their behaviors and get an insight into the intensity of their emotional numbness. It will help them be more congruent with their emotional state and educate them about dealing options and strategies to overcome.
How to use the worksheet?
The individual will first have to read and understand the phenomenon. Later they have to identify the intensity by using a scale and rating it to get the final score of emotional numbness. Lastly, they will have to read a bunch of strategies to deal with feeling of numbness and try to implement them in regular life.
