Plumb numb

Numbness is like colorless, lukewarm gelatin. You can't nail it to anything, it's too soft. Yet, swimming in it wouldn't work either because it's definitely too hard. It doesn't look like anything, smell like anything, sound like anything, taste like anything, FEEL like anything. Except that's really a lie. Because if you're focusing on "feeling" numb, you're actually concentrating really hard on trying to repel all of those other emotions. Which can make you "feel" a lot of stress. Just saying.