My T used to ask me body questions when we were doing EMDR a few years ago. It is part of the EMDR protocol, I believe. And T had me read the Peter Levine book so I know he was into somatic experiencing at that time too. Since I am more aware of my feelings now, I am also more aware of what works and what doesn't work as well for me. Back when we did EMDR, it didn't bother me as much about the body stuff because I was just trying to get through this super weird protocol as best as I could--so much going on in EMDR!

I think I would find that easier to answer than where. Like if I felt depressed, I could say I felt slow and heavy, but it would be all over, not just in one foot. I think T asked me what did I feel in my body when we did EMDR. The first time we did EMDR, I felt very excited (heart pounding) and I told him that. He looked at me like this was strange, as I recall.

That reminds me that there was one thing I did feel in my body during the protocol at our recent trauma session, and I told T about it in the moment. When he asked me what part of my body would be one that would be safe to release energy from (the 4th part), I started almost immediately to say my chest/heart, but then had to stop myself, because my heart was beating really fast and hard. Like I was excited or anxious suddenly, so I knew that wouldn't be a safe place to release energy from, it was the opposite. So I picked another spot. Maybe I was feeling excited doing this new protocol just like I felt excited the very first time I did EMDR?