Eerily Calm Voice

I was talking with a friend this afternoon about some of the things I've been through in my past. She commented that it scared her that I could talk about the violence in such a steady, eerily calm voice. To me, it's such a normal thing to be hurt, that I don't know any other way to be. But I suppose that to someone who hasn't lived through my experiences, being this numbed would be weird.

It started me thinking, though, that maybe, instead of learning to heal, I've simply become more proficient at being numbed from the pain.