What emotion do you experience the most

Now, I know many of us struggle with emotions and understanding them at the best of times. My emotions are generally all over the place like I'm on some insane car journey and they are driving and I'm the passenger handing on for dear life! At the time, when asked what emotions I feel I can never answer because it's such a complex question for me - but when I'm on my own in the safe haven of my bedroom I can sit and relax, close my eyes and answer a question like this. When I'm with other people my brain freezes, unable to process the answer.

For me my most common felt emotion is tension/anxiety/panic, whatever you want to call it. At times I am calm, that's the second one I feel and recognize most of all. I'm sure there's others but I don't really understand them so can't say what they are. Rarest emotion for me is probably anger, I don't get angry much, usually if I start to get angry it turns in to overwhelming sadness that hits me low for a bit. Anxiety is definitely the emotion that I'm always having to deal with, and it brings with it so many side effects. It can be quite overwhelming at times. I've tried medication to help but then I often think you can't treat and cure an emotion, so I think a lot of it's got to come from within me.

I get a lot of anxiety but I do feel happy and calm most of the time. Life is hard but I make the most of it because having lost family I know how precious life is.

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  • Hi

    Wow this is such an interesting topic. 

    I also overwhelmingly feel either totally *nothing* or tension/anxiety, etc. So I get where you're coming from. I am amazed to hear someone else say they don't feel anger - I have always found it really strange that I don't feel anger. My therapist thinks that I've blocked off a part of me because my dad's anger/temper was so severe while I grew up, I've just made it not happen in my body. I get very upset about things like inequality but I take it out more on myself or just general rage, but not 'anger' with like another person. 

    Would love to hear more from you!

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  • Hi

    Wow this is such an interesting topic. 

    I also overwhelmingly feel either totally *nothing* or tension/anxiety, etc. So I get where you're coming from. I am amazed to hear someone else say they don't feel anger - I have always found it really strange that I don't feel anger. My therapist thinks that I've blocked off a part of me because my dad's anger/temper was so severe while I grew up, I've just made it not happen in my body. I get very upset about things like inequality but I take it out more on myself or just general rage, but not 'anger' with like another person. 

    Would love to hear more from you!

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