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Why letting go of emotional control feels dangerous

My therapist says I need to feel my feelings but I am terrified that if I stop controlling my emotions I will completely fall apart.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The ego structure believes it must manage all inner experience, fearing that authentic feeling will lead to complete dissolution or abandonment.

Ideas that help explain it
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