Dr Julie Smith | Psychologist on Instagram: "👉 Last one often goes undetected. Comment if you can relate to any of these! No.5 goes undetected because we all do it to some degree. This means it allows chronic stress to go unaddressed for longer. How we numb stress may vary but the function is the same. It is the trap that allows us to deny what’s really going on, as stress quietly builds in the background. Numbing out feels even more addictive when we are under stress because it offers such ins