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How protective parts block access to grief and emotional release

I cannot cry even when I desperately want to and it feels like there is a wall inside my chest

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A protective part maintains rigid control over emotional expression to prevent vulnerability that another part experienced as dangerous.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Parts work and Internal Family Systems?”

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