Is it normal to feel disconnected from memories emotions?

[brokenpony]

there is an app called How We Feel that is kind of like an emotion wheel and lets you track when and why the emotion is happening.

 

[Midnightmoon]

I had to work for a year in therapy before I could recognize anything but anger and something akin to happy. When you’re abused you just learn to shut it off so it doesn’t get in the way of survival. Then later when the abuse stops you’re so used to it you just let it continue, you don’t even realize you’re doing it.

So my T would get out the stupid emotions list, or threaten to anytime I said I don’t know. That bugged me but also motivated me to be more curious. I can identify way more now, I still struggle to sit with any of them instead of just walking them off.

I recently found an emotion wheel I wish id found sooner. It has how your feeling and then the emotion that describes it.

The 'stupid emotions list' made me snort! My ex T used to get a sharp role of the eyes if she dared utter any enquiry as to how anything made me feel. It gets better huh, just god it's slow