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I see something got lost in my previous post. I have two examples of different kind of amnesia.
One is related to specific stressful incidents, like one time I remember fleeing through the forest and out in the dark streets in a nearby small town, hiding from the street lights. Can't remember...
I had some years with extreme nightmares. It normally took me 3 hours to get strength and cope with the trauma from the dreams enough to get out of bed. Was so tires I walked around with slow movements like a 70 year old man. A a lot of memory flashbacks during the day, which I had to sort out...
As far as I remember, dissosiation can take several forms (grouped into vertical and horizontal splitting).
Emotional numbness as you describe it is one of them. When I'm in this state, I can witness the most beautiful or horrific things without responding emotionally inside whatsoever...