numbness

It is a combination of numbness and a stubborn determination to both protect myself and carry on.

I remember eating so quickly and feverishly, overwhelmed by the heat and numbness, that I had to step outside and nearly passed out.

I don’t want to add to the din of numbness and a kind of toeing the capitalist line.”

Within days he developed numbness in the right side of his face and started experiencing pain.

But it’s all there again the next day, and the next, and although the shock endures, a bit of numbness takes hold, along with doubts that anyone in power is up to the task of restoring any semblance of order.