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The Mind-Body Couple
4 Ways We Resist Emotions that can Trigger Chronic Pain and Symptoms
Oct 19, 2023
Explore how resisting emotions can lead to chronic pain, understand the impact of past experiences on emotional responses, validate emotions for personal growth, and learn strategies to manage emotions triggering chronic pain and symptoms.
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- Recognizing and validating emotions is essential to preventing emotional resistance and promoting authentic emotional experiences.
- Fear of emotional experiences can stem from childhood modeling and societal influences, leading to a perception of emotions as dangerous.
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Resisting Emotions: Alexithymia Causes Emotional Disconnection
Alexithymia, the difficulty in identifying and describing feelings, leads to emotional disconnection and is theorized to be linked to trauma or childhood adversity. People with Alexithymia struggle to recognize emotions in their body, often resulting in physical symptoms without emotional awareness. This disconnect from internal states can be a learned behavior from childhood, affecting the ability to connect with and express emotions.
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