I made a list and of what I should face and work on and unprocessed emotions was high on the list.
These unprocessed emotions have been around for a while and they've been draining me. I was a scared little boy, and still am scared at the moment. Yet, this is what it means to face the things you run away from. For me it's facing and feeling these unprocessed emotions.
I searched for anything here on dealing with unprocessed emotions and didn't find much. So, I did some research and thought I'd share my findings and links here.
The thread here that seems most relevant to me for processing stuck emotions is peregrinus
Tapping your Subconscious.
Other resources I visited:
Stop thinking, just *feel*; using movement to release emotions
On going past thoughts to deeper levels,
much like watching the leaves go by wrote: |
learn to become “the observer” of the one having the negative thoughts...
Remember you are *not* your thoughts, you are the watcher of your thoughts.
Stop thinking, and FEEL
Interesting 90 second chemical flush regarding emotions wrote: |
“When a person has a reaction to something in their environment,
there’s a 90 second chemical process that happens in the body;
after that, any remaining emotional response is just the person
choosing to stay in that emotional loop.
Unprocessed Emotions
we realize that when the fight or flight response has occurred and
we have not returned quickly to baseline, that an early pain memory has been triggered...
The next step is to take five minutes in silence in a quiet, safe place and experience the emotion underneath the trigger. Not thinking about it, or analyzing it, or trying to figure out where it came from, but just feeling it in our bodies...
Once we become aware of it in our bodies, we gently observe it as an unfolding changing body experience. As the emotional pain is fully experienced in the clear light of awareness, we watch as it morphs and changes.
Reflection: What holds me back from experiencing the underlying pain emotion?
Here's another website
Understanding and Transforming "Dark" Uncomfortable Emotions.
I haven't read this one yet, but glanced at it and have a feeling it may be hooey, mentions taking their retreat, but could hold some gems within the writings. Will read it when have more time.
Would like to hear others thoughts who processed their emotions and the process they used.
Let it go hasn't sunk in yet for me. It's merely a thought level for myself, and not a full body understanding.