Numbness is easy to mistake for calm. On the surface, they can look the same. Both are quiet. Both lack drama. Both can pass for “handling things well.” But one is absence—and the other is alive. Numbness is what happens when feeling becomes too costly. When the body decides it’s safer to go dim than to stay open. It isn’t weakness. It’s protection. And for a time, it serves a purpose. But calm still feels. True calm has texture. It has breath. It has awareness. There’s a sof