trouble drawing from your emotions

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Am I the only one who has this issue?

It's not that I can't draw from emotion - it's just that I have trouble identifying my emotions, and sometimes I just flat out don't want to. I'll give it a try sometimes but if I don't have a specific theme to follow I'll just stare at the screen or page wondering what I'm supposed to draw that will convey the feeling. Once and a while I'll maybe make something I like but a lot of times it just feels forced.

Here's one I do sort of like; I based it on the feelings I have now and the anger I had about being emotionally abused:


I like it but the thing is I had a theme here. It was based on the song Defector by Muse and I took inspiration from Jasper Goodall who's done a lot of art for the band.

Honestly, even though a lot of people can't really see it, I feel like when I draw my designs and concepts I'm saying a lot more about myself than I could if I went out of my way to make something based on a specific emotion. My designs come from my inner universe which is as much a part of myself as my emotions are. I can draw emotional pieces based on that, or other things, but I can't do a piece based solely on emotion if that makes sense.

Can anybody else relate?