Last year I discovered 1) that most people experience emotions at physical locations in their body— and later 2) that I do too. In the time since I've also introduced two friends to this— and each was as surprised as I had been at first— so I figured this could be an interesting post to write.
I flip between "feelings" and "emotions" in this post as if they're synonymous. That's probably imprecise. I recall concluding there was a difference recently, but I can't recall what it was
Apparently it's an artistic interactive experience of some sort, and it's one of the best explanations of "feelings in body" that I've seen. I think it complements this blog post (and it's also super cute artwork)
I flip between "feelings" and "emotions" in this post as if they're synonymous. That's probably imprecise. I recall concluding there was a difference recently, but I can't recall what it was
Thank you for writing this, I just wanted to share this related thing I discovered: https://pudding.cool/2022/12/emotion-wheel/
Apparently it's an artistic interactive experience of some sort, and it's one of the best explanations of "feelings in body" that I've seen. I think it complements this blog post (and it's also super cute artwork)
Interesting, I never understood how this would feel either. What exercise could jump-start this process?
Some things to try
- Focusing by Eugene Gendlin (haven't tried it formally, but many friends have recommended it for this)
- body scanning meditation