Posted by onceupon on January 3, 2009, at 21:57:34
In reply to Describing feelings: shape, color, smell, taste..., posted by workinprogress on January 2, 2009, at 12:57:36
My therapist asks me these kinds of questions too. I know that she's trying to get me to connect more fully with my emotions, but I just don't experience them in that way. So, unless I' terribly uncreative too (which I won't rule out), I'm going to agree with the others and say that different people probably just process these things differently.
I also feel like I would be making things up if I answered those questions. Actually, I'm pretty sure I have just made stuff up before, and can testify that it doesn't help so much. That being said, I did have a therapist previously who introduced me to mindfulness meditation, and I did find that somewhat helpful in learning more about my emotions. Mostly she helped me to quiet down (to the extent that I could drown out the anxiety) to observe what I was experiencing. Have you tried anything like that?
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