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Originally Posted by ECHOES
Have you asked yourself what the danger is in letting them out? Keeping them in is .. a misperception of control (of the chaos, when little), fear of something too (of not being seen or validated if in emotional pain? fear of falling into deep dispair? fear of.. )
What do you see would happen, or what would the consequences be if you let them out?
Can you envision crying and having compassionate thoughts about yourself, similar to how you might respond to someone else in distress?
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I don't know Echoes.
A big part of me is numb inside ~ sometimes, I feel something. But it is a rare occasion. Unless it's anger. Anger, I feel
too free to let out in the open.
Which results in lots of apologies and regrets.
I have distracted myself from the feelings that I originally posted on and am back to the numbness.
Hankster did make a good point ~ perhaps the negativity & repression of sadness or fear was a generational kind of thing. "Don't speak unless someone is speaking to you. Stop crying or I'll
really give you something to cry about!" (paddles and belts were often used to get their point across to us ~ and they weren't used lightly.)