Somehow we, as a society, have come to believe that feeling and showing emotions makes a person weak. If we’d pay more attention to our bodies we would know that our body is actually doing something we need and want. Repressed emotions are emotions that we consciously choose not to acknowledge and feel. Failing to act on them or expressing them in a healthy way, could lead to depression, numbness, or snapping at others. Most of the emotions we tend to repress are negative feeling emotions; emotions that we don’t like because they don’t feel good in our bodies. Emotions like anxiety, doubt, grief, despair, fear and other emotions that make you feel very uncomfortable. Repress one, repress them all We need to be aware that when we try not to feel negative emotions, what we’re actually doing is blocking ourselves so we don’t feel them. But there’s a problem with that, not allowing ourselves to feel negative emotions is not allowing ourselves to feel any emotion at all. This includes positive feeling emotions as well such as hope, inspiration, optimism, contentment, happiness, enthusiasm, peace, love, joy and more. Do you see now what you’ve been doing to yourself? You’ve been negating yourself the joys of this world just because you don’t want to have a few seconds of negative feeling emotions. Allowing yourself to feel negative emotions is as important as allowing yourself to feel positive emotions. Because when you feel negative emotions is when you realize what you like and don’t like, what you desire and not desire, what you need to improve and what you need to remove from your life. Makes sense? If you’re alive you feel, and you feel when you’re alive As long as you feel life energy freely flowing through you you’re going to feel emotions; positive and negative feeling emotions. Allow that living energy flow through you. Don’t keep it stagnant and don’t block the flow. The moment we begin to repress emotions, it’s like a little piece of ourselves is being frozen inside of us. When we do this many times, collect little frozen pieces inside of us, we begin to feel with no energy and no flow going through us. We then begin to feel deflated and de-pressed. Yes, this is the beginning of depression and oppression. And what happens when you keep putting high pressure to something? It eventually leaks out or explodes, right? The pressure needs to be released. Don’t wait until you snap If we try to stop a flow of energy, its pressure will eventually win and release its extra force. The same is true with the human body. The human body is designed to heal itself and for that it releases everything that it doesn’t need or that hurts it, and emotions are not an exception. You know what happens when a person represses negative emotions for too long, right? The pressure rises until there is a moment when they need to be released. This is when we snap. The level of the energy released goes with the amount of time you repressed your emotions. So, make it a habit to release them as soon as possible. Do whatever you need to do to feel better and/or talk to whoever you need to talk to, to have the issue or situation resolved. There’s nothing that cannot be solved, nothing. It’s our negative thought that spurred from repressing negative emotions that make us believe that there are no solutions. But that’s not true. Remember, you are in control of your mind always; always have and always will. So, don’t allow yourself to snap and instead allow yourself to feel, release, and heal. What to do to stop repressing emotions To stop repressing emotions means to allow yourself to begin feeling them. This means, you’re not going to avoid them, you’re going to welcome them instead. To do that, follow these steps until you have your own process:
Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” –Sigmund Freud Now you know. So, next time you feel something so strong you can’t contain, allow yourself to feel and allow your body to heal. Do you have other methods that help you process your negative feeling emotions? Please share them with us in the comments below. Did you like this post? Subscribe here to send you more like it to your inbox every week. Also, share this post in your social media or with someone you think might benefit from this information. Thank you! Related Posts: Stress and Negative Emotions Can Get You Sick 6 Steps To Begin Living a Happier Life Doesn’t Matter What Others Want, What Matters Is What You Want 9 Ways To Calm Your Mind Image credit: www.123rf.com/profile_tridland Comments are closed.
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