feel your feelings

there are 2 (main) ways to work with emotional bottlenecks*: 1. direct emotional processing –– deliberately feel the emotion you're avoiding 2. reality engaged processing i.e. processing emotion thru action –– create tiny, manageable encounters with the scary situation & let

"feel your emotions" is kind of the final boss of healing and inner work. all roads in personal development, growth and psychotherapy eventually lead to 'feel your feelings' ime the question is: how do i actually feel my feelings? the answer: it's a skill and the easiest way to start developing it is to begin to FEEL the body –– to develop higher... See more

become fascinated by the 'inner' experience of the body; the sensations, textures and temperatures that make up the 'inside' of the body - the part that can be felt but not seen there's so much more happening in there than at first seems. the more curious and intrigued by it we become, the better

Emotional suppression can be a great short-term coping strategy. The problem, long-term, is that it is not surgically precise. I know you can’t suppress pain and anger without also deadening yourself generally. When I started to release my childhood resentments, I was surprised to find myself surrounded by brighter colors.