Feeling lonely is a message about your need for closeness with others. Feelings are also signals to act . Feeling scared is a signal to escape a situation. Feeling anxious is a signal to take preventive action. Feeling affectionate is a signal to reach out to another person.
Feelings can be the main reason a person enters psychotherapy.
Or, maybe he's expressing his distressing feelings through dangerous or offensive behaviors, hurting himself or others. The process of psychotherapy almost always involves feeling exploration, feeling expression, and feeling management. We are not born with the ability to accurately recognize, appropriately express, and effectively manage our feelings. And our parents and culture have a lot to do with how skilled we are at feelings. A developmental disability can be a challenge to managing feelings in daily life.