Yes actually. One thing I found helpful was to find a list of feeling vocabulary and pick one or two words that seemed to speak to me at that moment and journal what they brought up for me. Sometimes that vocabularly escapes me, particularly if I'm really depressed and accessing my emotions is particularly difficult, so having a list to prompt me helps. That was actually one of the more helpful things I learned in the hospital was using an actual list to help recognize and put a name on my feelings. It's a hard task when you are numb from depression or resisting emotions as a protection.
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