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Why Trying to Feel Your Emotions Backfires

My therapist says I intellectualize everything and avoid feeling but when I try to feel I just get overwhelmed and shut down completely.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind attempts to control the natural flow of emotional energy, creating resistance that blocks authentic experience.

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