It took me a lot of years of therapy to be able to even name the emotions I was having, much less express them. I somatized everything so had a lot of back pain and neck and shoulder tightness. What helps me are two things. Music and writing. I have a huge and very eclectic collection of music some happy some sad, classical through punk rock and alternative. I put on music and just listenning to it lets me get in touch with my emotions enough to know how I'm feeling. I find writing about my feelings helps too, especially when they're really intense. I'll often do what I call free flow raging where I jsut write and don't worry about grammar or anything like that.

I use support boards too, PC and one other - that's specifically for self injury. I find It's a great place for me to explore my emotions and get feedback and express what I'm feeling.

Good luck to you.

--splitimage