>>55339046It hurts less, but you have less joy.
If you follow that path down to its end, you'll end up feeling nothing at all, and despair at the void you created in your soul by encasing yourself with armor.
You may think that it's better to hide from the pain, instead of exposing yourself to joy and sadness as they come. But without intervention, you may find yourself wondering what the point of life is at all once you've retreated far enough.
After all, when you don't feel any pain, or any happiness, that's when you feel closest to the void that existed before you were born. And then, returning to it suddenly doesn't feel so scary.
It's a bad path.
