[noingenah]

I'm no expert and don't AP consciously, so take whatever I say for what it's worth... but this thread did bring some things to mind. So.

It has come to light for me recently that I've had major tendencies to insulate myself against being able to feel a lot of things emotionally over the years, and now I'm working through the process of taking down those blocks, fully experiencing these things, and letting them run their course and ultimately resolve. Yet I've had a whole lot of dreams where I feel and act in ways that are completely out of character for me -- strong emotional outbursts and things of that nature that aren't like me IRL; gutteral reactions that can carry over and set the mood for the whole rest of the day. There are many AP accounts of similar things too; emotions can run high and inhibitions go out the window. My theory is that maybe some of us erect these blocks and insulation to sort of quarantine things we can't or don't want to confront directly and fully all at once -- and maybe those blocks are somehow based in the physical body/mind, and thus left behind on entering the astral or in the dream state. So you AP, and are hit with it all full force, absent any protection that you've built up for yourself in order to cope at the time of the original event.

More to say but I'm thinking it might be better if I PM ya, so heads up.