[tomboy2011]

i been trying to jornal (my T wants me to) and i dont know how i feel is this normal and how do i find out how i feel i feel so stupid not knowing this

[Leed]

I felt like that too, but journaling does help. You WILL figure it out after you journal awhile, and go back and read what you wrote. It's normal, don't worry.

[trdleblue]

I have a lot of trouble with knowing how I feel as well, and I've been told that it's not unusual. For a long time I actually didn't feel anything. I was (and still most of the time am) just empty. Since starting with therapy (earlier this year) my emotions have started bubbling up in quick intense jolts. Right know I'm trying to work on figuring out what emotion I am actually feeling when the jolts come. Journaling does help. Even when I don't know what emotion I am feeling, I write about the things I can pinpoint: intensity, duration, what I was thinking about before, physical sensations, etc. Is your journal only to write about emotions? If it is then perhaps try what I mentioned. Either way, good luck with writing, and you are not alone.

[Wants2Fly]

Also, you can try out different ways to journal. One of the things I use is writing with my alternate hand to express the "little me" who feels hurt, sad, discouraged, lonely, and so forth.

That allows the "big me" adult WantsToFly, written with my preferred hand, to provide comfort and advice for -- me.

[Big Mama]

I love to journal. It's the only way I can be heard. I don't write it to anyone in particular. I write to an almost unknown finder. ex. what if one day when my time is long gone and my house is all thats left and some one runs upon a note book and decides to read it. The words inside will tell a story. It will be an untold story of a neglected unimportant woman with a world of issues, she just wants out. What
an encouraging took to someone or what a sad reminder of how short life really is.
When I journal I do not stop to worry about correct grammer and spelling. My concern is getting the feelings out. Looking back to 5 years ago I can see forms of emotional abuse that I settled for. I will also have documentation if it's ever needed in court. It was never planned for that use but due to a controlling relationship it may comedown to that someday or maybe not. Just write. I date the top of the page and start spilling. Sometimes I surprise myself with how much pent up felling were living inside of me.

[bluegirl...?]

When I journal, I write it to my old best friend - as if I'm telling her the story of my life.
Journaling can be very helpful sometimes. It can be calming and you can always look back later and see how you felt and stuff.

I hope it turns out to be helpful for you!
...Blue

[Mindinpieces]

Hi, I am sorry if my view on this doesn’t help or make sense. However feeling nothing is actually feeling something. You may not think this is or understand why but you know that at this present time you seem unemotional or unable to express the emotions inside. This is why you probably assume you’re feeling nothing. In some ways you’re expressing that you cannot react or really interact in some way to things going on at the moment, sort of numb to it all. I think one way you could find out why you seem to feel nothing recognizable at the moment. Is to journal about how or what is different at the moment. That makes you feel as if you don’t have the emotional reactions to things. Also maybe try to journal about times when you may have reacted in a certain way towards these things happening for you at this present time. This way you may be able to see from your past experiences what is different or could be making you feel in a way such as this. I also think that sometimes it takes us time and going over things more than once to see the insights that may be there but are easily missed or not understood by ourselves for one reason or another at that earlier time. Try to hold in there with yourself and this processes… in time this may work for you, however this may not by what helps you best but give it a good try first and see if you can find evidence as to why this doesn’t work before dismissing this completely… not that I am suggesting this is what you would do or what you are like as a person, but we all have done this with things when trying to understand ourselves through techniques and stop them for whatever reason before we could see some result so to speak. I am sorry if I got this wrong or wasn’t helpful for you. Wish you all the best