Working thru grief :Numbness

Working Through Grief: Episode 2 — Numbness

After the shock fades, something else settles in.

Numbness.

The silence after the phone call.

The blank stare across a crowded room.

The moments where you know you’re hurting, but you can’t seem to feel it.

In Episode 2 of the Working Through Grief series, B opens up about the strange season that follows loss—the part where your heart builds walls to survive. The part where you’re functioning, smiling, going to work, showing up for everyone else… while feeling completely disconnected from yourself.

This episode explores emotional shutdown, survival mode, and the guilt that often comes with not feeling “grief enough.” If you’ve ever wondered why you feel stuck, detached, or like part of you disappeared when they did, this conversation is for you.

Because numbness isn’t the absence of grief.

Sometimes it’s grief’s way of keeping you alive.

Grab your coffee, your tissues, or just a quiet place to sit for a while. You’re not walking through this alone, babes.

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