Posted by Racer on April 26, 2006, at 16:58:43
It's interesting, because I cry in most sessions, to think that alexithymia still applies to me. In fact, my T and I talked about this a bit today. She was trying to probe into my feelings, and I thought that's what I was doing. But turns out I was just offering thoughts. She said that's what I always do -- offer thoughts, when she's asking about feelings.
I told her, that I was surprised, but she was right -- I really don't know what I feel, still. I just kinda assumed that, since I cry so often, emotions must be involved... She said that's a common enough mistake, but that tears aren't always an indication of emotion.
When I think about it, I guess I do see that I really don't know how to get at feelings, and when I talk about things, it's definitely from an intellectual place. And I don't know what I'd say about emotions. I know I have them, but I don't know how to bring them out, so that we can look at them.
I think I'm going to put together a list of feelings, or words for feelings, and try to learn to identify them. Didn't someone here write about making up a color coded list of feelings? I think I'm going to try that.
But not until I've gotten past the math test tomorrow. (And thank you again, Fallsfall)
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