Dunno....I like Linkin Park tune though

I find it harder to recall a time before I started feeling this way.

Numb is what i aspire to. Days i am clearly numb, when i do not think about the world of stupid, are the best.

I am reminded of “I can’t explain, you would not understand, this is not how I am “ and “There’s someone in my head but it’s not me”. My response when feeling this way is to go bush and talk to a river.

If you are asking it's because you are experiencing, so the answer is yes. But, of course, millions of people have experienced that. Including myself. It will go away eventually. Just be patient with yourself, and forgive and move on.

It's the brain's way of saying "Enough!".

Yes actually. When I woke up on November 9, 2016. Still waiting to recover.

It happens occasionally with traumatic events. However it doesn't ever linger for me so I am unconcerned it happens

Yup.

I did at a time and then I realized I have control over all of my emotions and it's truly my choice on how long all that negative BS in this world affects me

I live that.

It happens a lot with antidepressants for some people, though it doesn't sound like that's specifically what you mean. I've experienced it without them, though it's been some time. If you feel like talking might help, don't hesitate.

After a very stressful period, both at work and in my first marriage, I suffered a bout with depression and had to take an antidepressant. Te antidepressant left me emotionally numb and that was worse than the depression and I stopped taking it.

Hell yes. I am seeming unconcerned on the outside but extremely sensitive inside. I think it is a defense mechanism for psychological preservation.

After I found out husband was cheating. After the crying ended I was totally numb. No emotions. The feelings I’d had for him were gone, never to return.

I have no idea what it would even feel like so I can't give an answer, but I would hope not.

Yes, especially in regards of relationships.
I only worry when it seems to alter my relationship with my kids.
Everyone and everything else: meh.

Absolutely.

I believe that "going numb" is a defense mechanism. For some of us, it's
our minds going into protection mode, especially after a trauma.
After repeated battering, sometimes our hearts do the same. Okay, it's still
our minds, but you know what I mean.

Yes. It's a survival mechanism, kicks in after a traumatic even or if the trauma is re-triggered or if I'm under too much stress. My mind shuts down to protect itself.

Absolutely! I think it's a common response, perhaps to long term stress factors.

in 1982

Asolutely....was married for 23 years ...the life was drained from me ..to the point of feeling anxious and unhappy.Life started to lose it 's point ..despite all the blessings that I should have embraced .
But now .. divorced ..and not regretting a single day. Love my life ..and living again.

No, but sometimes I wish I could.

I was overloaded and shut down after my wife passed.