Apparently I am supposed to physically feel my emotions and respond to them instead of not knowing what happens to them most of the time which indicates that I am partially emotionally detached according to a scale of “woah excitement is in my fingers” to “my response to you asking me something about myself is I don’t know”
Discovering feelings in the body
The other way you know if you are emotionally numb is if you don’t have oodles of people that both hate and love you, that is because the numbeness is a gift that allows you to protect yourself from too much dislike, just gotta learn to get comfortable with dislike in order to maximize the amount of people that like you.
That’s great, I’m glad you’re taking an interest finding time to actively participate in therapy and “homework,” especially in a society that demands every moment be about everything but us and our families!
I know a lot of people hold a range of emotions in our jaw (teeth clenching), neck and shoulders (headaches, tight shoulders/upper back, even muscle spasms). A few deep breaths, held and released, has helped me relax tensions and respond rather than react, even if the response is to ignore intended triggers and just look at the speaker or calmly walk away.
Everyone in my house uses deep breaths. Im so glad you’ve found coping that works for you!
Thank you. Wishing you and yours continued success!