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Originally Posted by ruh roh
I remember not long ago, during a therapy session, talking about one thing and crying but the crying didn't fit with what I was talking about--so I said to my therapist, "Why am I crying?" I don't remember what she said or we said after that, but I do know I can't read about this in a book or figure it out on my own. I hope you have someone in real life who can help you get connected to what the feelings are.
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That reminds me of our last therapy session in which a fairly happy (attachment orientated) child one of us was out. The therapist asked her "What's wrong? What are feeling so sad about?" and the kid part said "What? I'm not upset!" but even as she said it she could hear her voice quavering with emotion. She said "Oh... I can hear it in my voice..." and touched her face to find it wet with tears. She told the T she wasn't upset at all and felt quite happy and fine.
I don't know if the other part came forward fully or not, but I know we had lots of lost time that session.
L.P. I think it is fairly common for dissociated emotions to come forth in all kinds of weird ways.