On Cutting Edge Consciousness, Barnet Bain and Freeman Michaels discuss a particular way of dealing with feelings and overwhelm â âchecking outâ. At a very young age each man learned to disconnect from his body and disengage emotionally as a form of protection. Today, Freeman in his mid-forties and Barnet in his late fifties, is working to reconnect in an effort to become more fully present and alive.
