I said before, that words communicate conscious thought, or reveal it internally, whereas feelings communicate what our subconscious needs us, or others, to know. But I have been thinking a lot about feeling... and how some of us are so wary of emotion, our own or others' feelings. Why is it that someone who is of higher than average intelligence, observant and appreciative of thoughts, can be in such resistance to feelings that they must shy off them altogether? My father was one such. I have... Sign in to see full entry.