You are likely to have great difficulty in relating to others at an emotional
level and you find it hard to get in touch with your own feelings.  You tend
to deny both your own feelings and those of other people, which can make you
appear to be quite insensitive though the real problem is that you tend to
dismiss feelings as unwelcome and unimportant annoyances.  You are likely to
be particularly scared of emotional pain, and will make every attempt to
deny your feelings, either by rationalisation or by displacing them into
actions or material concerns with which you feel more comfortable.  Although
it is certainly useful to be able to behave without emotion sometimes, you
need to develop at least some ability to relate to others emotionally, or you
will feel lonely and miserable.  Another problem is that cramping your emotions
may lead to a wide variety of so-called psychosomatic problems.
You are likely to have some difficulty in relating to others at an emotional
level, and you also prefer to avoid getting too much in touch with your own
feelings.  You are not necessarily insensitive, but you may appear to be so,
since you prefer to dismiss feelings both in yourself and in others as being
unimportant annoyances.  While your ability to show a stiff upper lip may
be useful on occasion, in the long run, you are likely to feel emotionally
isolated unless you make some conscious effort to face both your own feelings
and those of other people as having special importance.  If you continue to
avoid your fear of emotional pain, defending yourself by involving yourself
in practical concerns or attempts to rationalise or deny your feelings, you
are at risk not only of a feeling of emptiness, but this may readily disguise
itself as a wide range of physical symptoms, forcing you to become dependent.
You are likely to be in touch with your feelings, and to be able to empathise
with the feelings of other people, provided that you have not been taught to
dismiss feelings as unimportant in comparison with practical considerations
or with maintaining strong boundaries between your inner sense of self and
the outside world.  You are also aware that intangible factors play a more
important part in human behaviour than is generally recognised, and are not
likely to deny the importance of your feelings or those of others.  However,
you are also able to keep the importance of feelings in perspective, using
your judgement as to when to become involved emotionally, and when to allow
more practical or theoretical considerations to take precedence, or when to
decide that action in self-interest is indicated irrespective of the feelings
of other people.  However people are unlikely to see you as insensitive.
You are really quite a sensitive person, being keenly involved with your
feeling states, and you are likely to be introspective, and rather hard to
fathom out.  You are motivated by forces which are often unconscious, and
which probably indicate deep yearnings and insecurities, of which you are
only dimly aware.  This sensitivity may manifest in either of two ways,
or perhaps both at different times.  At best you may develop an inner sense
of trust in your own feelings, and be able to share a rich emotional life
with other people; certainly you will want to be involved with them. How-
ever, your sensitivity could manifest as considerable insecurity, where
you feel at the mercy of your feelings, and unable to achieve emotional
peace.  You may than look to other people to lean on, but you need to learn
that your sensitivity can become a tremendous strength rather than weakness.
You are a highly emotional person, and being so impressionable you often
feel at the mercy of emotional patterns over which you have no control.
This is likely to lead to excessive emotional reactions which are not easy
to predict, since your early conditioning affects the type of responses
you make in the present so strongly.  Your behaviour is likely to range
from inappropriate timidity to equally inappropriate tantrums.  You are
likely to be highly introspective, and with maturity you will hopefully
come to trust your feelings, even if your strong intuition leads you
into situations which others find difficult to understand.  At best you
can provide an abundance of emotional encouragement both for yourself and
for others, but to make the most of your talents you need to develop at
least some ability to channel your energies constructively.
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