![]() What we resist, persists.Ī common fear about allowing oneself to feel is that the feeling might last forever. The energy is never released and stays with us until we fully allow ourselves to feel. This is why we continue certain cycles and unhealthy patterns. When we avoid or reject emotions, the energy of those emotions gets stuck in the body. What happens to emotions that have been suppressed? Maybe you’ve heard the saying, what you resist, persists. ![]() I don’t want to be an angry person so I will not be angry.” But we are not our emotions, even though we feel them. We think, “when I feel angry, I am an angry person. We think “I am sad” as if we are that emotion. We eventually learn that emotions are the problem and when we do experience feeling things like sadness, embarrassment, or shame, we are also the problem. Other factors can also affect our readiness to feel, like not being allowed to experience or show emotions growing up, or being told that feeling certain emotions like sadness, grief, or anger are “bad” and shouldn’t be felt or expressed. ![]() Why then, do so many people experience difficulty with feeling emotions fully? This might be because of a society that does not value feelings and prioritizes being “good” or “happy” above all else. No one is exempt from experiencing emotions.
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