单词 | psychic numbing |
释义 | > as lemmaspsychic numbing psychic numbing n. Psychology a psychological response to traumatic events, characterized by decreased responsiveness to and a feeling of detachment from the external environment and a reduction in the ability to acknowledge and express emotion. ΚΠ 1968 R. J. Lifton Death in Life 86 Conditions like the ‘vacuum state’ or ‘thousand-mile stare’ may be thought of as apathy, but are also profound expressions of despair: a form of severe and prolonged psychic numbing in which the survivor's responses to his environment are reduced to a minimum. 2004 Diogenes (Nexis) 22 Sept. Psychic numbing occurs immediately as a massive organismic defense against the experience of overwhelming pain. < as lemmas |
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