Your Emotions are Guiding You

So much of what we do these days is to avoid emotions. Doom scrolling social media, comfort eating, drinking, smoking, excessive exercising, always being in the company of others, constant texting or binge watching Netflix are all in our tool box of numbing off and not feeling. At some point along the line we forgot that emotions actually have a purpose and are meant to be felt; fear, anger, sadness, grief, overwhelm and resentment are all here to guide us. Not only is it important to recognise them but also to feel them so that we may release them from our body. Instead we try to avoid them because of the discomfort it causes us, believing that to feel them is the worse thing we could experience. Many believe that these emotions, if not expressed, are stored in our body, causing pain or illness or simply the inability to move forward.

Have you ever experienced a really intense crying session after which your load is a little lighter, you may have even laughed at the extent of emotion that poured out of you. This is a physical release of those emotions and once accepted many of us find the strength to make the next move, a little more hope entering in. So imagine that you never cry, you never allow an emotion to surface, numbing at the first sight of discomfort, all that remains trapped inside and the weight is heavy my friend! Not only that but we are missing the most important thing that emotions do for us, they help us to understand what our next move should be. Each emotion is telling us what is popping up for us to deal with, nothing more complicated than that. As you become more in-tune with your emotions and the willingness to feel them you can start to feel even the slightest discomfort, and act accordingly.

Let’s not forget that releasing these emotions means they aren’t stored and compacted for you to deal with in the future, so the more you clear out the less you have to work on, and your ability to sense even minute shifts in emotion becomes greater.