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Old Feb 13, 2018, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Amyjay View Post
Body language has a pretty loud voice. I am very often not connected to emotions, many of mine seem to be held by others parts of me. Sometimes I can feel them around, sometimes I don't. Strong emotion holders are very separate in me. I can go from 0 emotion to having a part come out at the 100 end, then switch around again and I am back with nothing but curiosity and wonderment at how that whole switchy thing works. Other times I don't feel in the slightest bit sad but will be in the body as it is consumed by wretched sobs that I have no connection to at all except for the fact that it is apparently MY body that is producing them. My point being in dissociative disorders strong emotions are very often dissociated, and in dissociative disorders it often happens that there is not a clear distinction between who is out and who feels what or who is in control or, well, anything at all really!
So maybe you could be curious about these little cues that others are offering you. If someone says you sound angry or snippy maybe you could accept that as feedback and just sit and think and feel for a second and muse about whether that person is picking up on some emotion or experience that is not yet in your awareness. Because really, it could be one of two things. Maybe they are simply misinterpreting you or maybe some part of you inside is trying to express themselves but you just can't hear them yet.

Amyjay,

Thanks for the explanation. It helps greatly! Also, the way you explained your episodes of feeling no emotion and then 100% emotion when a part intrudes is exactly what happens to me. I also then go back to not feeling anything and wondering why I responded in such an emotional way. I also have found myself crying but not knowing why. I can be sitting there talking to my t, and all of a sudden, I can feel an awful stab of pain in my heart and my body starts producing tears. But I am not aware of feeling sad or thinking about something sad. It is very disconcerting.