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Old Aug 09, 2008, 10:25 AM
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I can remember being so clueless about my emotions due to my habit of instantly stuffing them, or an alter holding them, that my t handed me a very long list of emotions. I would read down the list and she would help me or the alter figure out what I/they were feeling.

If I was sad I didn't identify sadness, my response was alway "I'm tired". She would say "stop" that is a physical condition not a feeling.

There must have been over a hundred words on that list. Some days I think I need to find it even now. I can still stuff/repress and numb out or shut down. But at least I can now recognize it.

I had spent so many years not showing emotion I forgot their names!

Hadn't really thought about that in a long time.

Guess it's not all that uncommon..................

Judee
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