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Day 117 Massaging Numb Values

__**Read the scenerio below and decide what went wrong.**__

Jenny studies really hard for a test at school, but when she gets her grade back, she sees that she only got a 70%. She feels like a failure and believes that she’s stupid. Jenny acts out by yelling at her teacher and calling him a bad teacher. Jenny feels bad about this and can't face the teacher so she skips the next two classes.


 * Massaging Numb Values**:
 * The Massaging Numb Values pattern has to do with when a person handles intense feelings of anxiety, inadequacy, shame or guilt by __acting out impulsively in a way that he knows will get himself punished__.
 * Persons who tend toward this pattern often __react to stress by being very impulsive__.
 * When they act impulsively, often those actions invite new trouble and more problems. Like some of the other patterns we’ve talked about, the person starts out with one problem (the original problem) and ends up with 2-3 new problems because of their destructive reactions.
 * People who are massaging numb values usually display feelings of guilt and shame and are constantly think of the glass half empty.