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Old Sep 17, 2016, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by magicalprince View Post

Over-intellectualizing is a defensive reaction to over-feeling. While the feelings are being analyzed and examined they are not being felt. It's like they're put on pause. I think that compulsion to find an explanation for the emotions is the most explanatory thing of all. It's like, counter-motivation. It directly indicates how badly we do not want to have to feel them.
I can definitely relate to that. Emotional experience isn't really 'in my job description', shall we say!
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Lost_in_the_woods, magicalprince
Thanks for this!
Lost_in_the_woods