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a case which manifests no emotion or cannot feel pain when emotion and pain
should be present in some incident is suffering from a "feeling" shut-off. (DMSMH, p. 319)
- this most likely will be found in the prenatal area. The word "feeling" means both pain and emotion:
thus, the phrase "I can't feel anything," may be an anesthetic for both. (DMSMN, pp. 319-320)
- a "feeling" shut-off can deny all somatics so that the patient does not feel them. If the patient seems insensible to trouble on the track, be sure that he has a feeling shut-off. (DMSMH, p. 326)