In this episode of The MindShifter Audio Blog, Fatima Bey explores how people become desensitized to pain and why familiarity with harm can keep destructive patterns in place. Using a real experience from her work as a professional seamstress, she draws a powerful parallel between physical pain and emotional damage we learn to ignore.

This reflection challenges you to stop normalizing what hurts you and begin paying attention to pain as a signal for change.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

0:12 Becoming desensitized to pain

0:18 A real-life sewing injury

0:49 Being used to harm

1:33 Ignoring pain because it’s familiar

1:47 Normalizing emotional damage

2:05 When desensitization becomes dangerous

2:18 Pain as a signal, not a nuisance

2:38 Getting unused to what hurts

3:00 Choosing not to accept mistreatment

MindShift Moments

• Familiar pain is still damage

• Being used to harm doesn’t make it healthy

• Emotional pain is information

• Normalizing abuse keeps patterns alive

• Awareness is the first step to change

Quotes

“How often do we ignore pain because we’re used to it?”

“Familiar pain is still pain.”

“Stop normalizing what is harming you.”

“You don’t have to live with mistreatment.”

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