Are You Feeling Your Feelings—or Just Thinking About Them?

Have you ever found yourself saying:

“I know exactly why I feel this way.”

Maybe you’ve identified the childhood experience that contributed to your anxiety. Perhaps you’ve spent hours reflecting on a relationship pattern or researching the psychology behind your emotional responses.

Insight can be incredibly valuable. Understanding ourselves helps us make sense of our experiences and can often be an important part of the therapeutic process.

But there’s a common challenge I see in my work as a somatic based therapist: many people are highly skilled at thinking about their emotions, yet struggle to actually feel them.