I wonder briefly if I have become immune to physical pain: if the human body is not designed to handle both physical and emotional hurt.
After my son died, I took a pan out of the oven without a cloth. I registered, on some level, that it was burning me, but I scarcely felt it. I put the pan down and stared at my hand, already blistering. I have no scientific basis for this, but I felt as though my pain receptors were already so hard at work, this latest development barely registered.
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Thank you Kevin. That's reminded me that, of course, a similar thing happens when we're in danger - the need to save …