It's funny how "metaphors" for emotions are actually just the normal physical signs of that emotional response. Rage really is hot. You really do get cold feet when you're experiencing a strong stress response to doing something. Your heart is where you experience many emotions.
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I think people just got used to a very cognitive model of emotion and stopped noticing that these things were literally true? "People" here might mostly just mean "me" though.
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Replying to @GeniesLoki
every time my therapist attempts to ask me where i feel an emotion in the body i look at her all perplexed. she stopped after a while
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That's a shame. Therapists should really be able to teach people to do this rather than just assume they can, because it's actually a hard skill and then we spend most of our lives making it harder.
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Yes, emphatically so. It's *really* helpful for figuring out and untangling your emotional state, because it helps you feel your emotions directly rather than dissociating from them.
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