I think it varied for me. Sometimes emotion would bubble up--or burst--and I couldn't control it. Other times, I would go silent, but non-verbally it was pretty clear I was feeling something that I just didn't have words for. And other times I would distance myself through dissociation--this was the least productive both because it would take me away from the feeling, as well as prevent my T from helping me with it. The first two were productive for my T; the last was a frustration to him, and eventually for me. My T was acutely observant in all instances.

But in life, the ability to distance enough to observe could be very useful. The only problem would be if I lost control of it.