I have a suspect that this is the cause of my lack of expressing my true feelings, asides from being empathetic to others'. I wonder if anyone experienced this when they were little.
I have memories of crying and being made fun of for it or in trouble for it. Showing joy and somewhat made ashamed of it. Expressing excitement just to have that smashed. Expressing other emotions just to have some negative reaction from someone else either putting you down for it or using it to stab you in the back. It's kind of vague, but these are memory feelings that come up. So as an adult I notice that there's a built in automatic subconscious mechanism of controlling or suppressing the full range of what I could feel. So habitual that it cannot easily be undone.
It probably likely begins with the parents, and that kind of injury attracts more people who do the same.
I have memories of crying and being made fun of for it or in trouble for it. Showing joy and somewhat made ashamed of it. Expressing excitement just to have that smashed. Expressing other emotions just to have some negative reaction from someone else either putting you down for it or using it to stab you in the back. It's kind of vague, but these are memory feelings that come up. So as an adult I notice that there's a built in automatic subconscious mechanism of controlling or suppressing the full range of what I could feel. So habitual that it cannot easily be undone.
It probably likely begins with the parents, and that kind of injury attracts more people who do the same.
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