‘Where do you feel that in your body?’
Does anyone else struggle to know where they feel things in their body?
During EMDR sessions over a wide variety of areas, I seem to only feel ‘negative’ sensations in the same places: the tightness in the throat and chest, the choking feeling like I can’t talk without crying, slumping over and trying to make myself physically smaller, fidgeting with my buzzers. I have yet to feel anything anywhere else.
On the flip side, I am really struggling to notice ‘positive’ sensations. I was given sensation and descriptor words to help me along- but I really am struggling to feel anything besides an absence of the ‘negative’ sensations.
Are these things normal?
Is there a timeframe where I will begin to be more attuned with my body?
Is there anything I can do to help myself?