Comfortably Numb

Comfortably Numb

Hello,

Is there anybody in there

Just nod if you can hear me

Is there anyone at home

Come on now

I hear you're feeling down

I can ease your pain

And get you on your feet again

Relax

I'll need some information first

Just the basic facts

Can you show me where it hurts

There is no pain, you are receding

A distant ship smoke on the horizon

You are coming through in waves

Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying

When I was a child I had a fever

My hands felt just like two balloons

Now I've got that feeling once again

I can't explain, you would not understand

This is not how I am

I have become comfortably numb

O.K.

Just a little pin prick

There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!

But you may feel a little sick

Can you stand up?

I do believe it's working, good

That'll keep you going through the show

Come on it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding

A distant ship smoke on the horizon

You are only coming through in waves

Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying

When I was a child

I caught a fleeting glimpse

Out of the corner of my eye

I turned to look but it was gone

I cannot put my finger on it now

The child is grown

The dream is gone

And I have become

Comfortably numb.

Lyrics by Pink Floyd

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This used to be how I would react to pain and hurt but someone that I care for very much taught me that being numb isn't always the answer. Letting it out is easier when you feel safe and have someone that isn't going to judge you no matter what you say or do.

Re-learning this lesson is a hard one when you think you would never have someone that was going to believe in you and take your word. Deep rooted pain takes a long time to heal and it is easier to love and be loved when the pain is gone.

Pain has a job to do, it's there to let you know you are hurting, but the pain needs to go away after you acknowledge it. Festering pain hurts even more over time because it never allows you to get past it without a great deal of hard work. That festering pain can taint you and make the good things in your life feel like it isn't precious. Letting go of that burden makes it easier to move onto the sweeter things in life.

I made a list of the sweet things in my life: they are my family, my treasured friends, and my silly pets. It's a short list but to the point I think. Including the snarly males in my life. :)