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# Project Description Balm - About My Emotional Numbness Yuchen Li Summary Final work Yuchen Li, who also goes by the name Moxi is photographer who comes from China and is now based in London. Her works have been published in Vogue and PAP. Her photographic style often employs a soft, girlish visual language to narrate cruel realities—those subtle pressures or scars once imprinted upon her. Through her lens, she retells these experiences, describing them as a balm, like white flowers blooming from healed wounds. Yuchen Li, who also goes by the name Moxi is photographer who comes from China and is now based i... College London College of Fashion Course MA Fashion Photography Graduation year 2025 Let me show you the 18-year story between me and emotional numbness. Between me and the world, there seemed to be a thin, fragile membrane. It diluted my joy, and it blocked out the weight of sorrow. When others laughed, I followed with a smile; when others grieved, I learned to bow my head and fix my gaze upon the floor. It wasn’t until ten years later that I learned from a therapist this state had a name— emotional numbness . It was my body’s way of protecting me, a defense built to withstand unbearable pain. It severed my connection to feelings, leaving all my senses suspended in stillness. Back then, I was like a hollow shell, stripped of judgment, striving only to imitate others in order to “grow into” a so-called normal person. I became a bystander, standing between the world and “the others”—watching coldly, yet unable to touch. I could not truly feel grief or joy, but my body—through headaches, nosebleeds—carried every trace of suffering. A decade later, when I finally grew flesh and blood again, when I began to feel genuine joy and sorrow, I longed to reach back and gently touch that child I once was— The one who stumbled through the fog of emotion, searching so hard. You have endured so much. Let me take over now, and tell your story. Final work Share this project Let me show you the 18-year story between me and emotional numbness.Between me and the world, there seemed to be a thin, fragile membrane.It diluted my joy, and it blocked out the weight of sorrow.When others laughed, I followed with a smi... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Aesthetics Body Health & Wellbeing Mental Health Childhood Emotion Fashion FineArt Health MentalHealth Nostalgia Photography Women
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