I’m frustrated because I can’t seem to understand most if any of my emotions. Anything past a very simple emotion like very simple anger, or sadness (I have to be sad for a clear reason) confuses me. If there are more emotion mixed in then the only way I know to describe them is I am upset. Sometimes I can figure out what a couple of the emotions are but then there are others that I can feel but I don’t know what they are. I can tell they are there I know that I am feeling something, but I just can’t figure out what it is. It’s frustrating me and it frustrates others. Because I can’t explain how I’m feeling so when they ask me why or they ask my emotions then I would answer I don’t know, and they would get mad saying I’m just making up excuses.
writing things down can sometimes help.
I have this problem in a big way! It is very frustrating, because my emotions influence my actions even if I don’t realize it. My therapy homework has been to check in with myself throughout the day. I usually do it at meal times. I think about the things that have happened to me during the day, and I think about how someone else would feel if those things happened to them. It is easier for me to work out someone else’s feelings than my own.
You didn’t say if you were seeing a therapist. Maybe seeing the right therapist could help.
Wait
What are emotions again?
@dandydinmot Yeah I try to do that a lot. I don’t really feel safe though because I feel like my parents will find what I’ve wrote and when I journal or write in a notebook it’s usually for me to write and essentially forget about that’s why I don’t want them to read it. I’m afraid of them finding it because they’ve gone through my notebooks before.
@Ninjastar I’ll have to try that, and yeah I can seem to understand and help others with their emotional problems for the most part. Understand how they feel and if not understand then relate, so maybe I’ll try that, thinking about how someone else would feel. I just wish I could shut down my emotions a little. The most frustrating part for me is that I feel everything so deeply, and usually my emotions are really strong. I don’t want to be heartless I just wish I could dial them down.
@crimby I am seeing a school counselor but he usually doesn’t have time for me, and at the moment I don’t think my parents really want to get me an actual therapist.
@Daze I’m not sure if that was a joke but it made me smile. I’m sorry if it wasn’t. Anyways emotions are those things that make you do things that logic would never make you do. They are those things that live inside of you and sure you can suppress them but you can’t get rid of them. They are those things that explain the world but yet they themselves cannot be explained.
Perhaps let it all flow for once!
I’ve seen your posts, you seem like a good person and maybe, maybe you are just trying to hard to fulfill something.
Remember , everything is a concept and nothing is real. Even life began with an idea, and evolved to what it pleased.
So do whatever you please, let it all go.
I really should just let it all go. it’s hard though, but I’ll try. How I didn’t think of this sooner? I really don’t know so thank you @experience for opening my eyes and showing me that yes sometimes you just need to let it all go.
It is no problem, I wish you the greatest journey.
I do neurofeedback, and it helps with this. Maybe your parents would be okay with it since it’s not really therapy. It is just brain training exercises that teach your rational part of your mind to stop shutting down during times of panic. The downside is that it’s expensive, and insurance doesn’t cover it. It’s like $100/session. I have been doing it for eleven years and I think it’s a miracle.
Yeah I think that I would like to try that. I’ll have to talk to my parents about it.
When you talk about it with them, try to emphasize that it’s just brain training exercises and hard work on your part. That might make them more open to it, since they think you need to just work harder to not be psychotic.
@Ninjastar Okay I’ll keep that in mind thank you.