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Old Aug 24, 2012, 01:56 PM
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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?
There is being good at dealing with your feelings.

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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.
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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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?!
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.
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