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Muscle tension as signal jamming - by Chris Lakin

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Why do we often experience feelings as being in the body? Why might we feel anxiety in the chest rather than just knowing “I’m anxious”?

Why do we experience feelings as located in the body? For example, why might we feel anxiety in our chest rather than just knowing “I’m anxious”? One hypothesis is that feelings are (by default) in the body so other people can see them.1 Mind-reading. But what if you’re surrounded by people will harm you if they read what’s going on in your body? (ie: hostile telepaths) What if you don’t want your mind to be read? When you want to relax but you’re surrounded by hostile telepaths. For example, let’s say John sometimes has a feeling in his neck that represents the knowledge that “I can…

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