Emotions\nare one of the primary driving forces in our life. Our survival instinct causes\nus to seek out pleasure and avoid pain. Quite often we miss out on life\u2019s\npleasures because the perceived pain associated with gaining the pleasure we\nseek is stronger than the perceived benefit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emotions\nand feelings are our natural reaction to external life events. We encounter an\nexternal event and we have an emotional reaction. Quite frequently we find\nourself unable to fully express the emotions we feel. This can occur for many\ndifferent reasons but fundamentally we have concluded either consciously or\nsubconsciously that the pain associated with expressing<\/em> the emotions we feel is greater than suppressing<\/em> the emotions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Emotions\nare essentially caused by different energies flowing through our body. They are\ncreated by us as a defence mechanism or to allow us to feel the enjoyment\ninherent in a situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When\nwe are unable to fully experience our emotions we are forced to store the\nassociated emotional charge. The law of conservation of energy dictates that\nthis emotional energy, once created, must be processed or stored. It will not\nsimply vanish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When\nwe are unable to fully experience or express our emotions we usually associate\npain with the experience. Our survival instinct causes us to separate from this\npain as much as possible. As a result the stored emotions are driven deeper\ninto our subconscious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nemotional pain, however, continues to linger and causes untold damage as it\nsubtly influences our daily choices and experiences, often without our\nconscious awareness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\nus assume we experienced anger which we were unable to fully express. As a\nresult we store some of the anger we felt. The emotional charge will attract\npeople and situations into our life that will cause us to be angry. The intent\nis to enable us to release the stored anger and free ourself from the pain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Quite\noften, however, we are unable to express the second time around what we\ncouldn\u2019t express in the first place. As a result we end up with an increased\nemotional charge stored within our energetics. The attraction for similar\nemotional experiences continues to increase and we end up storing more and more\nsuppressed emotions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nvicious cycle continues until the pattern is broken. If the cycle continues for\ntoo long we run the danger of the suppressed emotions surfacing suddenly and\npossibly violently as our emotional volcano erupts. At this point we are likely\nto have little conscious control over our emotional expression as our survival\ninstinct takes over to release the incredible build up of emotional pain. These\nsort of violent emotional eruptions are seen when the mild mannered neighbour\nsuddenly becomes irrationally violent and surprises everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A much better way to deal with our suppressed emotions is to make a conscious decision to take back control of our life. All emotions are valid and need to be acknowledged as such. Emotions are our natural reaction to life. There are no good or bad emotions. There are, however, good and bad ways of expressing our emotions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n During\nEmotional Awareness Therapy we reconnect with our suppressed emotions. We\nacknowledge their presence and their validity. Quite often we gain increased\nunderstanding of the original causes which introduced the pattern of anger,\ndepression, or whatever the emotion may be into our life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While\naccessing these suppressed emotions can be painful we need to understand that\nthe pain caused by carrying these emotional time bombs is much greater. We have\ntraded momentary pain avoidance for life long pain. It is time to pay off the\nemotional credit card and enjoy emotional wealth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Our\nsuppressed emotions want to surface and we need to work hard to keep them in.\nStoring suppressed emotions is just like holding a beach ball under water. It\nrequires constant attention and a lot of energy. As a result we are left\nfeeling tired and lethargic. Suppressed emotions are a major contributor to the\nageing process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n By\ncreating a safe environment to experience and express these stored emotions we\nare able to free up untold amounts of energy that has been tied up in holding\nthem down. The freedom and relief we feel is often incredible and extremely\nliberating. Most importantly, we can now make conscious decisions to shape our\nlife rather than allowing emotional demons to run our life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Life\nwill never be the same again once we choose the path of courage and wisdom!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emotions are one of the primary driving forces in our life. 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