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Originally Posted by Chopin99
All the replies are really good, but I want to find out how to actually feel the emotion in the first place. The only emotions I feel are fear, melancholy(?), contentment, and mild happiness. I cannot seem to access joy, sadness, or anger. I guess it's good that I now feel melancholy, contentment, and some happiness, because last year at this time, all I felt was fear.
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I get this. One of my biggest problems is shutting down emotionally. And when that happens, I'm just dead. I don't feel anything. I hate it!!! And I know it's because I'm blocking the emotions. They're there, but I've got walls or safeguards that are containing them. It's gotta be my unconscious because I can't control it.
So I think the key to feeling the emotion is to figure out what's blocking it rather than trying to go in search of it. For some reason, it's not safe to feel that emotion. So why not? What would happen if you DID feel it? I've had some minor success using this approach, but it's tough sledding. Talking about the emotion with T, focusing on it, looking at it from all different angles. I dunno ... I'm pretty numb emotionally right now and disgusted with myself because of it. Bah.