4. Are you stuck in the Numb Zone?

The NumbZone, is not a destination, thing or idea, it is a far too common state of not being fully alive. The NumbZone is the mind’s protective state; it protects us from feeling and living fully in the present moment. It is the part of our mind’s survival reflex that distracts us from any possible past hurts being recreated. This state exists by moving through life day-by-day without communicating or checking in with your own feelings.

You can even outwardly seem to be very emotional when in fact you’re true feelings are effectively blocked. A person trapped in the NumbZone is unaware that a deep survival reflex is constantly working in the background in a crude attempt to protect you from the reoccurrence of similar past hurts. The Numb Zone is a state of limited freedom and creativity where you are not really unhappy or happy. You may even identify this state as “being happy” or “being content” when in fact it is a state of just “not being miserable”. This NumbZone can become so much a part of your life that you spend your bank of time as though it had no value; months, days and hours pass where you are surviving rather than thriving. You may find yourself marking the days as though there was a severe shortage of love and happiness. Rather than living a life of direction and purpose, you wander through a maze of seemingly never-ending responsibilities, obstacles and diversions. You slave away at jobs that don't fulfill you and struggle with relationships that merely distract you from being alone rather than creating more love.

All in all, you've become increasingly protected, disconnected, stuck and shut down from the most precious thing of all: your very own living life. You have become comfortably numb. You have entered, mastered and become comfortable and safe in the NumbZone.

Feeling the NumbZone

One of the obvious problems with the being stuck in the NumbZone is that you cannot feel yourself in it, hence the word numb. You cannot feel yourself living or moving in either a positive or negative way. Even though you may have a sense of being stuck, out of control, trapped or powerless, you end up merely coping and surviving. You live your life without any significant contrast, and there is not enough energy left to promote change or even bring about awareness of the net in which you are entrapped.

To understand the purpose of a "feeling" for your life when it comes to position and direction, you must invite energy and awareness. Would you agree that if you followed a life of integrity or truth, you would have a higher chance of health, peace and happiness and your feelings would reflect that? Would you also agree that if you did the opposite you would have a higher chance of being unhealthy and unhappy? Feeling is the first part of awakening from the numbness, and you can begin today even if the feeling is only nameable as “numb”.

Awakening from the NumbZone

Never underestimate the power of suffering and adversity or a heart attack to move someone to change. You could spend years in the NumbZone until enough time, pain or suffering has past to push or awaken you from the numbzone. A breaking from the NumbZone is called an awakening and this happens when you have been unable to avoid and distract from your sadness, suffering or ill-health.  It is when you become aware of the troubled sense that your life should be different and you eventually come face-to-face with the fact that life, time and possibly health are slipping through your fingers. It is when you are unable to block the aloneness that lingers underneath when you look in the mirror with regret wondering where your life went. Awakening starts when you ask yourself the simple but challenging question, how do I feel?. 


If you knew that you where driving your car in the wrong way or direction would you change it? What if it was moving towards a cliff? What if people that you cared about were in the car? What would it take to alter your direction? Just like physically being awaken by your alarm, moving from the numbzone takes a shift or emotional bump to shake you to a feeling. To start the change in direction, you have to ask yourself the question, how do you feel, are you happy or sad? It is at that moment that you can clearly get an answer back, it is also at that moment that you can say, it is my time to change!!