When I first started experiencing those random emotional surges, I learned to distinguish them from my own feelings by noticing how they’d hit me out of nowhere, like a wave of emotion that didn’t match my current situation or mindset.
Through time and experience, I discovered that the most intense and unexplainable feelings were usually coming through our twin connection, especially when they involved memories or emotions I thought I’d already processed and moved past.
I’ve noticed that twin emotions often have this weird ‘double exposure’ feeling (like when you take two photos on the same frame) or emotional deja vu.
What really helped me confirm these weren’t just my own random feelings was how they’d often come with specific memories or thoughts about my twin that I hadn’t been actively thinking about (especially stuff I thought I’d already processed). The randomness is actually a pretty reliable sign our own emotions usually have some kind of trigger or build-up, while twin emotions tend to drop in like unexpected visitors (usually at the most inconvenient times).
Once I thought I was going crazy when I burst into tears at a gas station while filling up my car. It turned out my twin had just gotten significant news at that exact moment, and now I’ve learned to trust these random emotional ‘broadcasts’ as reliable intel from our shared connection, especially when they feel completely disconnected from my current situation.