How do you choose to feel unfamiliar feelings?
Hello! I'm very new to all this but I'm struggling with something that feels like it's a major block and I just don't know how to get past it. I truly do not want to be a downer but I'd like to share my experience to see if anyone has felt similarly and if they have any thoughts or advice.
I don't think I feel feelings the way I see others do. When I try to feel the love, peace, joy etc that I want to manifest in my life, I just don't know what that feels like in the body so I don't know how to create it. I understand the thought, but the only feelings I have ever really FELT in my body are sadness, guilt, disappointment and stress. My life has been rather uneventful with no major traumas although I have never really felt like I belonged.
How do you try to create a feeling when you don't know what it's supposed to feel like? When I experience good things like being in a beautiful forest, petting a dog, helping someone, creating something, completing a task, listening to a great song etc I THINK "cool" or "wow this is great" but I don't FEEL any particular way until my brain finds some aspect to be sad about (ie beautiful forest? It might not be here much longer with how things are going in the world).
Has anyone lived a similar experience and have some advice? Am I just broken for no good reason or is this a thing?