5 Secrets to Stop Intellectualizing and Finally Start Feeling in Therapy
We often approach therapy with our minds sharpened, ready to explain every trigger and rationalize every behavior. For many of us, the process of healing becomes a mental exercise of "word vomiting" solutions to beat the therapist to the punch. We frequently use intellectualizing as a safety net, a way to put up a "stop sign" on our emotions so we can just "take care of business." Yet, true movement occurs only when we come out of our heads and into the actual experience of our emotions. When we allow ourselves to move from understanding to feeling, we finally achieve the "exhale" we have been searching for.