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Now, on to the video.
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You may have heard someone who suffers from depression or another mental illness say they feel numb inside.
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What does this mean exactly?
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Do they feel empty?
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Do they always feel this way?
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Are they depressed, angry?
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Are they void of any feelings at all?
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Suffering from emotional numbness doesn't mean you have to feel nothing all the time.
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Your emotions can even merge together from an unconscious or conscious suppression to create a primary feeling that can accompany your numbness.
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Often this is anger, as it's a powerful emotion.
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When you're not feeling this frequent primary emotion, you're otherwise numb.
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So it's very possible to feel more than just emotional numbness, but still suffer from it.
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So how do you know if you feel numb?
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Well, here are six telltale signs you're feeling numb.
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Number one, you're living on autopilot.
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Do you feel as if you're not living your life fully present?
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You may stick to your familiar routine, which can be a good thing, but there are no highs or lows in your day.
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It's as if you're a virtual character left on an autoplay system.
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While others around you are completing quests and winning battles, you're stuck in the lobby waiting for someone to take control.
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That someone being you.
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The thing is, you can be aware that you're in this autopilot state and wonder why you don't feel more.
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You're observing yourself and you want to live in the present.
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Yet somehow you remain detached from your own life, watching your own character live its life on autopilot with often no accompanying feelings.
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Number two, you don't enjoy the happy events, even the big ones.
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It's your birthday.
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Your family and friends secretly planned a huge surprise party for you.
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And as you walk through the door, your closest friends and family jump out to shout, Surprise!
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Your response?
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Oh, thanks.
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You don't know what you're feeling because there doesn't seem to be a strong emotion at all.
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You may feel a bit happy, but you notice your emotions during these big events don't seem as strong as others.
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Your friend had a birthday party last month and seemed genuinely happy.
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Your sister got promoted at work and was ecstatic.
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Your brother graduated from college and felt proud, but you, you feel a fraction of these feelings when you experience the same accomplishments or celebrations.
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Number three, when you do feel something, it's anger.
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You've been feeling them for days, and yet one small annoyance can cause you to go into an irritable rage.
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When we subconsciously or consciously suppress or block off feelings, they can build up and gather into one big emotion.
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With all these suppressions built up, these feelings will eventually burst out and usually a powerful emotion will be the one to let them out, anger.
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It seems you only have two emotional states, anger and numbness.
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And when the time comes to feel anything, anger and irritability take the lead on this one.
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They're the player one who finally pushes play from your pause game, your autopilot state.
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And it's not a pretty picture.
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It's best to try to delve into the emotions you may be suppressing.
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Talking to someone such as a counselor or a mental health professional is a good place to start.
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They can help you take the steps necessary to manage your anger
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and to get to the root of your feelings or lack thereof.
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Number four, when you do feel, it's through watching a movie or TV show or reading a book.
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Oh, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
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The romance is leaping off the pages of the script and it's as if you yourself are in love.
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You finally feel something.
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Love, wonder, happiness, and it's great.
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The only problem is it's fiction.
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Somehow in real life, you just don't feel those strong emotions.
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But when you open a book or turn on an engaging film, your mind delves into the feelings of its characters.
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Maybe you empathize with the protagonist, or it's as if you are the characters themselves.
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While this can be better than feeling nothing at all, it's still important to make sure your real life is taken care of.
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If you feel empty in real life, but emotions only start to present themselves when you watch a show or read, you may be suffering from emotional numbness.
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Number five, you're dealing with emotional blunting.
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Certain antidepressants and medications can help us get back to feeling like ourselves again if we're suffering from a mental illness.
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But with the benefits, some medications have some side effects that cause emotional blunting.
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Emotional blunting is a common term to describe the dull state many individuals feel while on certain antidepressants.
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Sometimes patients will describe that they don't feel quite themselves.
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This feeling is common in antidepressants and downers, which is a name for drugs that are meant to depress your central nervous system.
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Several studies from Oxford University have shown that between 46
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and 71% of antidepressant users have experienced emotional blunting during treatment
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although for some emotional blunting was viewed as a positive in
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the study 37 of the 819 subjects regarded it as a negative outcome of treatment
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while 38 viewed it as a positive generally those with severe blunting symptoms were likely to rate it as a negative
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And number six, you can't empathize with others.
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Do you find yourself not being able to empathize with your friends or loved ones?
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Do you feel as if you have to act through the day-to-day motions, but deep down you feel empty?
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Maybe you even feel a bit uncomfortable because you're unsure of how to react.
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After all, if you can't empathize with someone in a moment, it may be harder to react genuinely and still show support for them.
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Loss of empathy can be a sign that you're feeling numb.
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It's not that you don't love and support your family and friends.
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You're just going through a struggle of your own
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And maybe with a little support from them
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or help from a counselor You can take one step forward on the path to feeling like yourself again
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So do you relate to any of these signs?
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If so, what do you plan to do next?
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Let us know in the comments and know that you're not alone
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Even I felt this way before and if the feelings persist consider seeking help from a mental health professional
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With a bit of support, you could soon be on your way to pushing play on your feelings again, not just in a movie, and not playing on autopilot either.
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If you find this video helpful, don't forget to click the like button and share this video with someone who might be struggling with emotional numbness.
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And as always, thanks so much for watching.
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Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole meno comuni del video, con pronuncia e significato:

  • emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ (sostantivo) — emozione. A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
  • anger /ˈæŋɡə/ (sostantivo) — ira, rabbia. A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm…
  • blunt /blʌnt/ (aggettivo) — spuntato. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
  • suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (verbo) — soffrire, penare. To undergo hardship.
  • numb /nʌm/ (aggettivo) — intorpidito. Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
  • illness /ˈɪl.nəs/ (sostantivo) — malattia. An instance (episode) of a disease or poor health.
  • psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (sostantivo) — psicologia. The study of the human mind.
  • react /ɹiːˈækt/ (verbo) — reagire. To act in response.
  • medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ (sostantivo) — medicazione. A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
  • genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/ (avverbio) — veramente, genuinamente. In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly.
  • accompany /əˈkʌm.pə.ni/ (verbo) — accompagnare. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
  • awareness /əˈwɛɹ.nəs/ (sostantivo) — coscienza. The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
  • fiction /ˈfɪkʃən/ (sostantivo) — finzione. Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
  • happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/ (sostantivo) — felicità, gioia. The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
  • helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ (aggettivo) — disponibile, utile. Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

I phrasal verb che sentirai

  • build up (verbo) — accumulare. To erect; to construct.
  • deal with (verbo) — fare i conti. To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.
  • go through (verbo) — attraversare. To travel from one end of something to the other.
  • live on (verbo) — vivere di. To endure.
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Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 30 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, don't, can't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, thereof /ðɛˈɹʌv/, empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/, empathize /ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, suppression /səˈpɹɛʃən/, fiction /ˈfɪkʃən/, celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/
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  2. Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come emotion, anger, blunt.

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosasomeone who suffers · routine, which can · one who finally
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fais taken · are meant · was viewed
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohave shown · have experienced

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