Emotional Detachment
A sustained defensive stance of disengaging from felt emotion — an interpersonal style or coping strategy, not a discrete feeling in its own right.
How it shows up
Emotional detachment is a stance of standing back from one's own feelings: going numb in a crisis, keeping relationships at arm's length, describing hard events flatly. In acute situations, or in roles like emergency work, some distance can help people function. As a lasting pattern, it may make closeness harder and leave feelings unprocessed. It is a coping style rather than a feeling, and it can be hard to notice from inside.
How it differs from Suppression
Suppression holds back the outward expression of a feeling that is still felt; detachment disengages from the feeling itself, often as a sustained stance.
Notice
Notice moments when you describe something important as if it happened to someone else.