And a lot of human beings choose to numb their experience of the world. A lot of human beings tell themselves that it is all too much, but it is all too inconvenient to deal with the depth of their circumstance. And it is often not their fault. In a world that has given us so many ways to kill our pain through television and prescriptions or sensationalizing of being cool and favorable or being authentic, it is almost a subconscious thing we do. We try to protect ourselves from pain