Last week a friend mentioned that she was numb.
My first thought was to recommend a good MD.
Turns out she had become emotionally numb.
Seems that the events of the last 45 days in the financial services community have taken their toll.
She explained that during the period that just ended (we hope) 10/31, or so, the daily assault of rotten news left her without emotion. As she read and heard about the failure or near failure of Countrywide, AIG and Lehman the news began to run together. It was compounded as the WAMU, Wachovia, Merrill deals were being announced.
It was at that point that the light went on – I’m a bit slow.
Many of the events of the last 45 days are, individually, occurrences that only happen once a decade, maybe less, in the ‘old world’.
Now we have experienced this amazing run of incredible news.
And along the way we tend to forget the people behind the news. When headline after headline, and report after report, are bad news we get numb.
My friend has only allowed the emotions of the circumstances to get in when the conversation was live or on the phone. It was only at that point the situation became real.
I understood what she was saying.
This converation reminded me to be mindful of the numbness.
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