Psychic numbing is a tendency for individuals or societies to withdraw attention from past experiences that were traumatic. It’s not just negative emotions that we mute through psychic numbing, it’s all feelings. In confronting the threat of nuclear war, as unfathomable as it may be, we are making the world safer, moving resources to human needs, averting calamity, and making ourselves less numb and more human in the process.

Topics: Compassion, Courage, Empathy