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Originally Posted by ScarletPimpernel
Off topic a little...When I first started to try to identify my feelings, I learned that analogies helped. I still use them currently. For example, just last night in my email to her, I said I feel like a child on the playground needing to come back to check that mommy's still there before going back to playing.
Also L is very good at mirroring, so she helps me figure out what I'm feeling.
Maybe you can tell your T and Pdoc that you struggle with identifying emotions? And if they could help by mirroring or analogies?
It's okay to struggle with it and it's okay to ask for help.
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Thanks, I'll see if I can give analogies a try.
I don't know if the therapist is good at mirroring. It probably wouldn't do me any good if she was since I'm not sure my emotions come across. Except anger. I'm good at that. And sometimes disgust shows on my face if somebody says something I think is stupid. I know this from seeing myself in meetings on zoom.
ETA - Recently I've been sending her memes about what's going on with me. I guess maybe memes could give me some clues to my emotions.