Home/Emotions & Mental/Emotional numbness/ThoughtI’m sitting in the dark and the Earl Grey is stone cold, basically a petri dish for bacteria at this point.emotional numbnessprocrastination shameShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI’m sitting on the edge of her bed again while the tea gets cold.parentificationI just looked up and realized my tea is stone cold and the sun went down hours ago—social exhaustionIt is probably just a mood, but I am sitting here in the dark with a plate of cold risotto and I cannot stop thinking I have done something wrong.procrastination shameI have been sitting here in the dark behind the old upholstery shop for forty minutes now, just listening to the engine cool down and the grease soak through the brown paper bag.secret indulgencesRelated ThemesAnger suppressionAnxiety hidingApathy guiltCrying shameJealousy hiding