You might fixate on understanding why you're feeling this way, why the upsetting situation has occurred, and what you can rationally do to resolve it.
AdvertisementShe shared three signs that you might be intellectualizing your feelings and how you can start to feel safe enough to feel them.
The goal of therapy should be to support when you're feeling safe enough that you want to feel your feelings."
You feel emotionally disconnected from people and things in your lifeFeeling a sense of emptiness or disconnection could be a sign you're intellectualizing your feelings.
You're responding normally but you don't feel fully authentic or present because you're thinking too much and you're "stuck in your head."
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