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The Importance of Feeling Something
The other component of the cutting is to also feel something. It acts into a purpose of distraction and sensation building. Part of trauma response is to grow a layer of numbness around it. And in that protection, we feel less. That's how I used to refer to myself as a kid. To my parents, I would say, I feel like I'm a walking ghost.