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if you’re not used to feeling the ocean (feelings, your body, etc.), it can feel intolerable https://t.co/bZ2GsU5Otm
weirdly, the hypersensitivity comes from the fact of being stimuli-deprived if youre not already wet, a little lap of water here, a little lap of water there can be overwhelming when youre already wet, you accept the ocean, youre in the ocean. ur already wet, its washed over u
this is the splashing adhd with bodily feelings or hydrophobic child at the beach https://t.co/XnqK0jfXNR
or the nerdy empath who blocked off feeling https://t.co/y5OmBDvn7f
this is the splashing adhd with bodily feelings or hydrophobic child at the beach https://t.co/ihtH6NkAA4
slate star codex has an evocative example about ptsd being ~= keep feelings of the body down, they are far too overwhelming and painful https://t.co/EbyKutKMyW
To have neck pain in your body is to also have neck pain in the mind. It’s a competing demand for attention, that makes us tighten the shape of our awareness to exclude, and end up excluding a lot else. https://t.co/n8gqgIZf5Z https://t.co/ljTDIVAKlP
this submerged feeling is i think why focusing and other things can feel so difficult https://t.co/VBX2CWSyOj
Firstly, the therapist’s presence among the client (my words), and secondly, the client’s presence with their own selves. Those who checked, slowed down, were with the subconscious, automatic, somatic of their experience—they experienced something.
ive often called this feeling space https://t.co/8BgH5drDAo