We may hide our feelings in many ways, regularly and over time.
Are you mindful of any of the Down written areas?
- - Disregarding or bottling your feelings or trying to Brush them aside
- - Avoiding saying how you feel
- - Fighting to ignore the desire to cry intentionally
We think there is no space to open and talk in our society. You might have suffered grief, a breakup, or challenging work and have not had a chance to share how you feel or Turn a blind eye to how you feel, But after a while, it begins to crush you down.
Many of us carry childhood memories of being told off or laughed at for our 'negative' 'feelings (so we learn to put them away for fear of disapproval and judgement). This creates an illusion that you should only express positivity and gratitude. It is based on our conditioning, and it goes deep.
Our feelings are like mentors who tell us how and what's happening to us. If the emotions are positive, they help you shield your well-being, set boundaries, and seek support when needed. Our feelings tell us when to pause and when to act.
The problem with unexpressed feelings is that they don't go away. Our emotions stimulate the body system and respond without fail, even without our awareness.
Suppressing a feeling simultaneously provokes a physical process of restraining inside the body.
Example-- Like muscle tension in the jaw, back of the head, and pain in various parts of the body
- it affects the digestive system, which might lead to constipation or IBS
- The feeling of choking in the throat and dry mouth might be one of the symptoms, Which is not good physically and emotionally.
Also, this directly impacts the nervous system and emotional health. But as we start accepting ourselves with kindness, awareness, gentleness, mindfully, and lovingly, the brain begins colouring our world in a beautiful, unusual way.
- Here are a few ways to support our feelings:
- Writing down or recording our thoughts or feelings,
- creating a gratitude map or a mind map,
- and talking to someone who listens to us and we trust them.
It is not that easy to talk about our feelings at some time and express them because most of them do not understand what you are going through.
That is where many people find therapy a helpful process, like talk therapy, creative art therapy, and somatic therapy. I offer all these therapies in my integrated wellness practice.
I want you to explore how we can work together and cross this obstacle by understanding yourself better and growing ahead.
As we say, one size doesn't fit at all. That is where I work one-on-one and help you create goals that would benefit you in moving ahead emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually.