with me connecting with my emotions was connecting to the senses. for example touching my cat. the fur feels long and soft and his purring vibrations. so when I pet him I would notice emotion wise I became more "relaxed", "Comfortable", and "soft/lightness" which is the feeling of "happy".

connecting with emotions does not necesarily mean having to feel extreme crying or extreme anger or doing cartwheels happy.

Feelings come from what is experienced with the five senses. For example drinking hot chocloate after coming in from the winter rain makes me feel warm- I can feel the heat as it travels down through my body. Drinking iced tea on a hot summer day makes me feel cool - I can feel the coldness going through my body cooling me off.

There are so many ways to express a feeling. Sad can be decribed as feeling down, depressed, weepy, long faced, unhappy, Angry can be discribed as feeling hot, mad, furious, enraged, Happy is being elated, up, Feeling anxious is feeling butterflies in the stomach, cant sit still, nervious, panicy,

What makes me feel these things is what I am experiencing by what I am hearing, seeing, tasting, smelling, touching or how they are being touched. So by being in touch with the five senses Im in touch with how I feel.

A popular therapy exercise my therapists never failed to ask me to do - Go to a playground or mcdonalds play area and watch the children if someone is telling them something mean they feel angry and upset, when someone is helping them play or the just whized down the slide that makes them feel happy.

Eat a raw slice of lemon. It tastes sour so I feel sour my mouth puckers up and goes ooooo.

Your post says you are extremely "sensitive" to odors. "Sensitive" is an emotion / feeling.

You may not be able to smell with the nose but the rest of your body has tuned in to the sense of smell making you feel sensitive.

It takes practice but you know at first I had to keep reminding myself to "feel" by asking myself questions - what does this chair feel like - hard but smooth because it is sanded and varnished wood the corners tickle my fingers, What do I feel inside me - glad to be sitting I can feel where the chair ends and my body starts I really need a pillow on this chair. What does this blanket feel like - soft, furry and warm, What or how does it make me fell - warmer soft and comfortable. Now its so much a habit that it exhausts, makes me tired trying to make myself stop thinking about feeling when I want to take a break. One weekend I told myself that I was not going to do any awareness work at all. and I found myself saying stop it you're not supposed to be feeling remember this is a just be weekend. LOL

Its hard beginning to be connected tto the five senses and emotions the senses make you feel but once you have it its there. Take care.