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Are we supposed to feel emotions in the body?

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my therapist said i don't show emotions... and so he stopped the sessions because he can't help me.
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It's okay to feel that way. Your body is protecting you the best way it can. Anger also protects us.

Your Therapist may not have been able to help you, but there are others out there who can. Getting in touch with your feelings isn't easy and takes the right kind of therapist.

Doesn't sound like me at all (thank goodness). I hope you get the help you need to deal with that x[/QU...

LOL, well I'm glad!! I don't wish this on anyone! It's hard because I know what life is suppose to be like. Thankfully I got an appointment with a new therapist soon. Hopefully she'll be right for me. Otherwise I'll keep looking. We'll all get there :tup:
 
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I used to not be able to feel my emotions in my body and I also used to not be able to really feel my body at times (despite being a yoga teacher!!). But now I do. I dissociate but know when its happening now. For me being in therapy with someone I felt really safe with helped me start to feel my emotions in my body. It was awful to reconnect at first - like suddenly having the radio on too loud and in another language! Started to understand it. Feel all of them now (except when I dissociate and then I am confused as to what I feel if asked - then it just feels like that black and white fuzz of a untuned TV - in the old days). While I dont like feeling the bad emotions they are easier when grounded in the body and pleasant emotions are wonderful - warmth in chest, a feeling of expansion and lightness.
I also teach Trauma Sensitive yoga and that helps me feel myself a lot more too. Its good stuff to start towards feeling. And def think one needs a compasionate trusty therapist to help with the unpacking of it all.
 
Nathalie,

How do I find a trauma sensitive yoga teacher or class or therapy? I have tried going to regular yoga classes, and some other group fitness classes, but I have flashbacks in class, which makes me avoid going back...
 
Nathalie,

How do I find a trauma sensitive yoga teacher or class or therapy? I have tried going t...
Hi you can try the website of traumasensitiveyoga they have a list of facilitators. Working with the body can cause flashbacks unfortunatelty....even with trauma sensitive yoga although all is tried to minimise that possibility. Hope you find what you need
 
Thanks, I get that the work can cause flashbacks, I just don't like being in a room with seniors and soccer moms, when I have flashbacks, I want someone there that understands and isn't going to freak out. I will check out the site you've suggested.
 
I understand that it’s “good” to feel emotions in your body, but when you have extreme emotions, it’s exhausting to experience them physically. Today I spent much of the day in bed because my anxiety was so bad that I couldn’t stop shaking. Now I’m in a fog.... I wish I could have normal range emotions, then I’d welcome feeling them in my body!
 
I liked the comment about your parents teaching you what emotions are. Both of my parents were only children and I don't think they were allowed to feel either. So, I don't think that I was ever "shown" how to feel. If anger is one, then I guess I have had that one. There was lots of screaming and yelling in our house while I was growing up. I was very young when I learned that "feelings" were not meant to be felt. Now, I wonder if I can ever just "feel" anything. It has been one of my desires to find in therapy. So far, I'm still looking.
 
I liked the comment about your parents teaching you what emotions are. Both of my parents were only childr...

It is a learning process for us and an emotions proccess for others. I think we just have to be patient with ourselves. You were never shown how to feel, so you need to learn the basics first. Such a tricky one to come to grips with. Soooo frustrating!!!! Hope your therapist realisises how important this is
 
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