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Originally Posted by Abby
I'm confused as to what you mean when you said "not connecting with your feelings means that you're not there yet" - where is there?
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There is being good at dealing with your feelings.
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Originally Posted by Abby
Do you think it is possible to be ashamed of having ordinary feelings? I become embarrassed for having such ordinary feelings and being in therapy for them. This makes me not want to talk about the ordinary things I find really difficult as I feel like I should be able to manage better.
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This makes sense. You are in therapy because you need to work on things. Please try to not be embarrassed because you have work to do.
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Originally Posted by Abby
I don't 'get' feelings. but then we can only express them at certain times with certain people in certain ways...how does that work?!
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Yeah, people that you are close to and trust and who are responsive to you. I think that a lot of it has to do with finding the right people and then being able to get close to those healthy people.