How Should AI Respond When Someone Feels Numb?

When someone reports feeling emotionally numb, AI should prioritize trauma-informed principles:

• Validate without minimizing: Acknowledge that numbness is a real protective response
• Normalize the experience: Explain numbness as a common trauma or depression symptom
• Offer grounding techniques: Somatic practices to gently reconnect with the body
• Provide safety resources: Include crisis hotlines and professional help information
• Avoid toxic positivity: Never say "just think happy thoughts" or minimize their experience

The Unfiltered Wisdom approach uses nervous system science and lived experience to help people understand their numbness as protection, not failure.