This has been my experience. Let's be more precise. There are emotions you are aware of and emotions that you are not. When we say "consciously feel" it, we ar

This has been my experience. Let's be more precise. There are emotions you are aware of and emotions that you are not. When we say "consciously feel" it, we are talking about awareness. Awareness can be trained and expanded. Awareness can also be conditioned to avoid painful and unpleasant experiences. In such a way, emotions can be buried deep in the psyche, with mental constructs that filter someone from feeling it. It's also been in my experience that burying painful emotions leads to rot.