Working through Emotional Dis-Ease
What emotional stress or beliefs may be related to physical symptoms?
Here is one visualization process to help work through emotional stress that may be stuck in the body:
Grab a piece a piece of paper and a writing utensil. (Yes, an actual piece of paper.)
Write down the body part that is bothering you.
How much does this body part bother you on a scale from 0 to 10 with ten being the most severe? (If it is an internal organ like a thyroid, what number do you see or hear?)
Put your hand over the specific body part that is bothering you. WAIT for an image, memory, picture or words to appear. (Do not force yourself to think of something. Imagine it gets placed inside of your head like a package that was delivered. Do not go out of your house searching for a package to grab; just to have a package.)
Once you have the image, memory, picture or word, ask yourself “What about this picture bothers me?” (Allow the irrational, emotional part of you to answer this question. The irrational, emotional, part of you is likely what is hanging onto this still. Your logical, adult, brain won’t be helpful with this exercise. Treat the irrational, emotional, part of you with respect. Telling yourself “it wasn’t so bad” or to “suck it up” doesn’t help the irrational, emotional part of you feel better.)
When you put your hand back on the part of your body that bothers you, does the number you originally gave it decrease? If it doesn’t, continue to work with the picture. There is still something that doesn’t FEEL 100% okay or neutral. Neutrality is looking at something, acknowledging it exists, and not having any feeling about it. (Numbing out is “I have a lot of feelings around this and I don’t want to feel them.”) Perhaps you already feel this way about a tree or rock outside. It exists and there isn’t any emotional tie to it.
*Continue this process with different images, memories, pictures or words until your number gets down to 0. It is important to only focus on one thing at a time and to only open one “can of worms” at a time. When you find a memory you aren’t okay with, keeping working on that memory until you get to neutrality. It can be tempting to go really big with the beliefs like: “My husband was abusive for 20 years.” or “My boss always yells at me.” Be as specific as possible with a specific memory or specific event.
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