Some people have to learn to walk again after surviving a serious accident. On their journey to mobility they will experience moments of exuberance as each hurdle is mastered, and yet, unexpected set backs can deflate even the most hopeful of souls. Each day must be taken one-by-one, hour-by-hour, and minute-by-minute. Every step will be filled with pain and victory.
Numbness, in one form or another, reigns in the bodies of these individuals, and it will take time for feeling to return. The Oxford American Dictionary defines numb as being 'deprived of the power to feel or move.'
Most everyone who has been to the dentist to have a cavity filled or to the surgeon for an operation has experienced this sensation. It is a welcomed loss of feeling, indeed, when used to block the pain of such procedures. Usually, the passing of time is all that is needed for the anesthetic to wear off.
One's sense of feeling returns on a case-by-case basis. Most people enjoy a rather rapid return of their faculties and go on to live full and productive lives. Their memories of the incident are filed away, and the details, which at first were so vivid, eventually fade.
Similarly, some people have to learn to LIVE again after surviving spiritual abuse. At times it may be hard to love again, laugh again, or to even trust again when one is engulfed in 'emotional' numbness. It is possible that some will remain prisoner to the numbness, be it physical or spiritual. In these cases the senses do not re-awaken and complete paralysis sets in.
What happens next is any one's guess. The individual may decide one of two things. Either he will give up, or he will LEARN . . . AGAIN.
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