If you feel numb, flat, or disconnected after years of coping, you’re not broken — you’re over-adapted. This article explores why the nervous system shuts down aliveness and how to gently rebuild capacity, sensation, and vitality. A grounded, embodied guide for anyone ready to shift from survival mode back into living.

Emotional blockages aren’t stuck feelings — they’re incomplete survival responses stored in the body. When emotions can’t move, the nervous system holds the tension, the bracing, and the unfinished impulse. This article explains how the body stores what the mind can’t process, and how to gently release emotional blockages through safety, sensation, and somatic awareness.