ABSTRACT
For others, cutting off on feeling leaves them feeling something is missing – as indeed it is. If you emotionally numb, you don’t feel much pain, but you don’t feel much life either. And by cutting off any passionate response to the world it is often very difficult to know what you want from life. Desire simply isn’t strong enough. Some teenagers feel so deadened as a result of cutting off feelings that they self-harm in order to feel something again.
