Programming note: I'm putting plural stuff behind CWs not because I think it necessarily needs a content warning, but because I'm still kinda shy about it.
I'm also of the opinion that this spectrum of internal experiences is /vastly/ more common than almost anyone acknowledges, and that cultural models and narratives play a large part in how it's understood and expressed a lot of the time. Mental metaphors play a huge part in how we understand our experiences, and it's easy for people to dismiss or ignore feelings they don't have a social context for.
