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Originally Posted by puzzclar
I can't put what I feel into words! There in lies the frustration. No matter what I do.
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heres some suggestions.... then dont try to do it in words. there are many different ways to deal with this here in my location...
did you know that some people draw when they cant verbalize their feelings. maybe you can sit down with a box of crayons or markers and draw what you are feeling, how you are feeling.
some people that I know write their feelings. maybe you can sit down and write out whats going on.. just like you are able to post here on psych central and in your blog, just pretend you are posting on psych central or in your blog about your addictions and other posts that you have been able to write and include how you were feeling and what was going on in you.
some people print off their posts. maybe you can print off your blog posts, your psych central posts and give them to your therapist.
another suggestion let your treatment provider know you are having trouble putting whats going on into words.. there are non verbal cue cards your treatment provider can use with you where all you need to do is look at the picture and if you feel the way the person in the picture is you just point to it. then your treatment provider can show you the word on the back that matches that picture.
another suggestion take in some music that shows your therapist what is going on with you and how you are feeling. I know many non verbal people and people who cant put their feelings into words will listen to music and when they come across one that sounds like how they feel they show it to their therapist.
another suggestion gather some magazines that you or your friends or therapist may have and cut pictures and words out of that showing what and how you are feeling.
ultimately only you can explain to your therapist what you are going through how you do that is up to you.
here is a general fits all humans whether mental disordered or not chart of feelings words... you can print the chart off or ask your treatment provider for one, most likely they have to explain feelings to other clients so they probably already have one identical to this or
like it ..
https://consciousdiscipline.com/reso...feel_chart.asp
you can find more feelings charts by typing in a search bar the words feelings chart.