I found that puzzling but, as you will understand, I was in an emotionally numb state; it was difficult to guess at what it meant.

The double whammy left him emotionally numb.

After his wife Katia's death, Tom became withdrawn and felt emotionally numb.

Symptoms include persistent frightened thoughts and memories of the trauma or ordeal, and feeling emotionally numb.

They may feel overwhelmed or emotionally numb, and not know if something is wrong with them.

I mean emotionally numb; a sort of lethargy of the soul.

The novel ends with Hicks losing all care in the world and going emotionally numb.

He's become emotionally numb from the things he has had to do to carve out an existence for his family.

He might also forget parts of what happened to him, or he might feel numb emotionally (have trouble feeling emotions as strongly as usual).

They remain emotionally numb to protect themselves against the potential pain.