Tallulah
Emerging
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Makes sense in general. To the thinker or feeler, would not a mental attachment feel like a soul attachment? After all, what does a soul attachment feel like?
I just know there's a big difference in maybe the way that the attachments are expressed. Maybe it's the feel of the presentation? There's always some level of having arrived at the decision through observation and detachment, even though the person might inwardly feel deeply about it?
Thinkers almost always have that layer of detachment, even when we're trying to be warm and fuzzy. It's like having to detach from the feeling to express the thought clearly, then maybe being conscious of adding the feeling back in.
I have deep feelings, too, though I'm not always walking around being aware of them. Sometimes I get that overwhelming feeling you were talking about, of like almost not being able to handle the idea of some injustice happening--stuff like animal abuse, intentional cruelty of any kind, people getting hurt as a result of other people's stupidity or reckless choices. And I sometimes think that I wouldn't be able to handle feeling like that all the time. I need the rationality to keep me sane. I need a step back. I have also noticed that unless something has happened that has stripped away my barriers (sometimes bouts with depression, etc), my strong feelings will come out as thoughts. I might feel something strongly, but I'll express it as a thought. I find with a lot of thinkers with feely tendencies, they are unaware just how much they're still coming across as thinkers. They'll always give themselves away in presentation. When I'm feeling more "raw," I can express my feelings more directly. But it's not my usual mode.
This is hard stuff to find words for!