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4 Ways We Resist Emotions that can Trigger Chronic Pain and Symptoms

The Mind-Body Couple

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Understanding and Validating Emotions for Personal Growth

The chapter explores the significance of validating emotions as a means of creating a safe emotional space and emphasizes the temporary nature of emotions as physical experiences. It delves into how childhood experiences and caregiver modeling shape individual perceptions of emotions, affecting comfort levels with different emotional states. The conversation also touches on the resistance towards positive emotions like joy and love, attributing it to past trauma and exploring defense mechanisms used to avoid feeling certain emotions.

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