FEELINGS

Feelings, nothing more than feelings,
trying to forget my feelings of love.
Teardrops rolling down on my face,
trying to forget my feelings of love.

Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it.
I wish I've never met you, girl; you'll never come again.

Feelings, wo-o-o feelings,
wo-o-o, feel you again in my arms.

Feelings, feelings like I've never lost you
and feelings like I've never have you again in my heart.

Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it.
I wish I've never met you, girl; you'll never come again.

Feelings, feelings like I've never lost you
and feelings like I've never have you again in my life.

Feelings, wo-o-o feelings,
wo-o-o, feelings again in my arms.
Feelings...(repeat & fade)

- Morris Albert

Maybe not remembering is more about feelings than memory capacity? I know that is true. I have heard that a lot of generalized anxiety is a result of unresolved issues from childhood. When you are young there is only so much you can process or have any control over, so you stuff it.

Good therapy can help you delve into family of origin and growing up issues and experiences. You can excavate some of these un-remembered experiences and feelings. As an adult you should have a greater capacity to understand and process. You "take it out;" examine it--it really isn't so scary any more. Then, it is resolved. You just have more control over your life when you are of-an-age.

Basically, I feel more alive when I feel my feelings... Our feelings are the way we perceive ourselves. Our feelings are our reaction to the world around us. Our feelings are the way we sense being alive... Without awareness of our feelings, we have no real awareness of life... Our feelings both warn us and assure us; give us a sense of mastery and aliveness... When we feel something, we decrease its power over us.

To facilitate feeling and experiencing our feelings involves risking, sharing; telling our story... Repetition is necessary for catharsis and internalization and eventual unconscious acceptance of the reality of the loss.
John L. Whitfield
Healing the Child Within