Antinatalism and Depression LVI: The Value of Harm
Channel: Anekantavad
Date: 2012-08-23

Does harm have some sort of power that joy lacks?

" If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever." - O'Brien, George Orwell's 1984

"What is emotional numbness and what causes it?
Emotional numbness is the inability to feel much of anything.  Things that used to make us feel happy or elicit a smile produce a weak response or nothing.  Likewise things that should provoke us to anger or even tears result in an apathetic response.  It is a lack of emotion where there once was emotion.  One of the causes can definitely be depression.  I feel that this symptom results from feeling overwhelmed and overburdened by life's challenges to the point where you just can't feel anymore.  You are too tired and weary to emote.  It can also be a protection against feeling too much as in after a trauma.  It can be the process of shock where we simply cannot take in the emotional reality of what is going on.  The mind is protecting itself from too much pain."
http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/84292/103830/depression