Day 028

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Emotional Clarity

The intent is to investigate the mystery behind the lack of perception of the internal emotional state of a person, in particular, this one that writes to you.

People usually know when they're not feeling alright, and usually after a little while they can figure out what is wrong. From that point on, they are able to decide, or at least to see, what can be done about it.

I say 'usually' because from the little experience I have asking people about it, even when people are not always paying attention to their emotions, they can look at and see their emotions when asked.

I've recently discover that it does not work that way for everyone. Of course, some people have it more developed than others, but there's a case I found in which the subject is not able to perceive its feelings clearly enough to elaborate on them. Guess who?

Without the ability to see its feelings, a person cannot elaborate on them. And when one cannot elaborate on his/her feelings, it is not possible to talk about them with others. Then it gets quite hard to process and understand how one feels about the world. And that leads to a lot of personal problems and difficulties one must face in life. I'd say living can get quite painful and disorienting for a person that cannot properly connect to its own feelings.

The way out, I think, is to start looking at the emotions, and try to recognise them. Maybe by practising it on a daily basis one can develop that perception, and with that maybe start enabling oneself to elaborate on feelings.

I think that is a great step towards self-awareness.