Numb: Find Healing In Feeling

by Kay Gackle

I feel numb. Kay Gackle has heard these words for years as a therapist. Then one day, Kay found she was saying these exact same words. The phrase feeling numb is a bit ironic. Is it a feeling if we "feel" nothing? Being numb can be considered a feeling the same as white is considered a color. The color white appears because it absorbs no color. White is literally the absence of color. In the same way, numb is the absence of feeling. The color white can be seen when it is against a background of other colors. Likewise, we recognize being numb against the knowledge of where other feelings would typically exist. We know that we would naturally feel in a certain way, but we just don't feel anything. In this book, we identify what being numb looks like in everyday life, how we get numb, and the problems and symptoms surrounding it. Not stopping there, we will journey together into a deeper understanding of feelings and begin to let ourselves feel again. Through other’s stories, engaging questions, and practical tools, we can find healing and move beyond being numb.

140 pages, Paperback

Published January 29, 2019

Reviews

[Raoufa Ibrahim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked how this books is short and to the point, but it should’ve mentioned in the title that a huge part of it is religious, I don’t object on the content because i’m also a believer of God, but it should be clear in the title that this the book’s approach.

This book you can return to it anytime, after every chapter it contains questions you can ask yourself to understand your feelings more.

The golden advice in this book is to always confront your feelings, maybe it’s heavy and you need to put it in the shelf but never forget to return back to it and analyze it.
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We made a courageous choice to actively grieve and sit in the darkness for a little bit and wait for the sun to rise.
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[Jeanette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple. Insightful. Helpful.

I found this book to be a helpful introduction into what is required to address the feelings that we seem to be avoiding. Feeling numb is an oxymoron- how can we feel nothing? Gackle explores this topic insightfully yet simply. The book is something that can be read multiple times to gain different insights and meaning depending on one’s circumstances.

[Kristyl · Rating 5 out of 5]

A captivating job of explaining PTSD and the body's response to traumatic stress. Trauma is your body's reaction to a situation; trauma isn't the event itself. There is no rating scale of bad to worse things to experience. It it very explanatory in an analogous, easy to comprehend way. It has given me words to help understand and explain. Very helpful for those of you who work with kiddos!!