desensitizing
Reducing emotional response
Desensitizing is reducing sensitivity or responsiveness.
Therapists use desensitizing techniques to help patients overcome phobias through gradual exposure.
Overexposure to violence in media may be desensitizing viewers to real-world suffering.
In dentistry, desensitizing toothpaste reduces tooth sensitivity to hot and cold.
The training was aimed at desensitizing recruits to battlefield conditions.
State of being unprotected
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- familiarizationBecoming acquainted with something
acclimatization · habituation · inurement · acclimation · adjustment · hardening · tempering · repetition
Causing loss of sensation
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- callousnessCruel emotional indifference
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- indifferenceLack of interest
dispassion · coldness · unfeeling · hardening · blunting · dulling · compassion fatigue · burnout
Pain-blocking substance
- analgesicPain-relieving medication
- numbingCausing loss of sensation
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
- painlessCausing no discomfort
topical · lidocaine · novocaine · nerve block · local anesthesia · tingling · dulling · blocking
Lowering excessive worry
- trauma therapyTreatment for psychological wounds
- EMDRTrauma therapy using eye movements
- gradual exposureSlow introduction to feared stimuli
- coping skillsMethods for managing stress
exposure
State of being unprotected
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
familiarization · acclimatization · habituation · inurement · acclimation · adjustment · hardening · tempering · repetition · training
numbing
Causing loss of sensation
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- callousnessCruel emotional indifference
- apathyAbsence of feeling
indifference · dispassion · coldness · unfeeling · hardening · blunting · dulling · compassion fatigue · burnout · disconnection
anesthetic
Pain-blocking substance
- analgesicPain-relieving medication
- numbingCausing loss of sensation
- deadeningLessening intensity or sensitivity
painless · topical · lidocaine · novocaine · nerve block · local anesthesia · tingling · dulling · blocking · injection
anxiety reduction
Lowering excessive worry
- trauma therapyTreatment for psychological wounds
- EMDRTrauma therapy using eye movements
- gradual exposureSlow introduction to feared stimuli
- horse trainingriding instructor, racehorse trainer, horse whisperer, breaker, positive reinforcement
- numbing effectsnumbing, dulling, sedation, anesthesia
- toothpastefluoride, gel, whitening, mint, tube
- horsemanshipriding lesson, riding lessons, riding school, riding schools, riding instructor
- getting used tohabituation, adapting, adjusting, familiarization, acclimation
- toothpaste typeswhitening toothpaste, fluoride toothpaste, tartar control, kids toothpaste, charcoal toothpaste
desensitizingsensitizing
Making more responsive
sensitising · sensitize · sensitise · hypersensitizing · resensitizing
desensitizingsensitizing
Making more responsive
awakening · opening up · attuning · consciousness-raising · stirring
sense, sensitive, sensation, sensible, sensitivity, sentiment, resent, insensitive, dissent