"When I moved through a phase of numbness-or the tunnel of darkness, as I now call it-it was frightening, and there seemed to be no end in sight. But one song found me at the right moment and changed everything. In under five minutes, it achieved what all the tools and knowledge I had couldn't: it made me feel something."
"Before that moment of awakening, my life felt like a loop. Day in and day out, everything was the same. My being was on mute-nothing resonated, and I walked through life hollow, flat, and disengaged. Each day felt like the one before. I was disconnected but longing to feel something. I put pressure on myself to fix whatever this was. And when it didn't work, I pushed harder and harder."
I moved through a phase of numbness—the tunnel of darkness—that felt frightening and without end. Daily life repeated like a loop, and my being felt on mute, hollow, flat, and disengaged despite longing to feel. I tried deep breathing, meditation, journaling, salt candles, and rigid routines, exerting pressure to fix the numbness that only intensified the stuckness. The stillness felt strange and disorienting rather than peaceful. One song, 'Wild Flower' by RM, arrived at the right moment and, in under five minutes, achieved what all those tools and knowledge could not: it made me feel something.
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