Title: Dangers of Holding in Your Emotions | Eric Christopher
Headings: Dangers of Holding in Your Emotions
Dangers of Holding in Your Emotions
Healing Through Feeling Emotions
Tips to Improve Your Emotional Health
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Content: These experts agree that often the seeds for a patient’s physical problems were planted by the patient’s earlier emotional traumas. According to Northrup, millions of women suffer from chronic pelvic pain, vaginitis , ovarian cysts, genital warts, endometriosis, and cervical dysplasia, which are conditions that are the language through which women’s bodies speak to them. Edward T. Creagan, MD, an oncologist at the Mayo Clinic, says that in dealing with the emotions of grief, if you don’tface your grief, your wounds may never go away. “ Unresolved grief can surface years later as headaches, relationship issues, intestinal problems, mental health difficulties, eating disorders, chemical dependency or other issues,” he says. Additionally, holding in emotions can weaken your body’s immune system, making you more likely to get colds and other infections, as well as lead to the abuse of alcohol, tobacco or other drugs. The danger, experts agree, is that when we delay acknowledging our emotions, this can lead our body to speak louder and louder to get our attention. The following are some of the more common physical ailments and illnesses and that have been linked to holding in emotions: Headaches
Diarrhea
Depression
Stomach Aches / Ulcers
Low Back Pain
Insomnia & Fatigue
Anxiety
Weight Gain or Loss
General Aches & Pains
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Fibromyalgia
Cancers
Constipation
Asthma
High Blood Pressure
Healing Through Feeling Emotions
When we don’t allow ourselves to feel our emotions, and instead run away from them or use other processes, such as drugs, to get a “high,” we create a dangerous situation for our mental, emotional and physical health. Healing can occur when we allow ourselves to feel, express and release emotions from the past that we have suppressed. The following are some helpful tips to help you address, express and improve your emotional health.