When I first started therapy I had no idea even what an emotion was really. I was a total intellectual fat brain without a heart or so it seemed. But I knew I was in pain and that is about all I could feel. Most of the time that pain would grasp at my throat and I wouldn't be able to speak even if I had words in my head.

I literally had to learn how to talk in therapy. I was also painfully shy and withdrawn. My parents were very authoritarian and demanded that we never speak unless spoken to so I lived a huge part of my life in silence. This was also experienced as just raw pain.

The point for me having learned to speak is that I feel more and have a greater range of emotion and expression. That just feels more complete and human to me. I don't think it is necessary. And a lot of times even in therapy some things are better left unspoken. In some senses some things are more moving and powerful if not made so explicit.