We live in a time when it seems that we’ve barely had the chance to mourn one tragedy when another one hits. Despite the ever-widening chasm of social, moral, and political righteousness and the boom of passionate voices – from social movements and civic responsibility to peaceful protests and menacing riots – we’ve become numb to it all. We’ve become passionately apathetic. There is science behind it. It’s called psychic numbing. It’s an unconscious cognitive defense mechanism.
Check out my recent article below to learn more about this psychological phenomenon and how to overcome it ⤵︎