When you’re feeling a BIG emotion such as terror, rage, or hopelessness, can you step back and view it as being released from your body? .. .aka on it’s way OUT.
“Byeeeee!”
This can be a very powerful reframe, as it can assist us in staying present with the intensity instead of becoming consumed by it.
The pain is begging to be seen, felt, and acknowledged. When this happens, usually it will dissipate. ALL that’s required is that we witness it.
SELF seeing itself.
Oftentimes trapped emotions are being cleared from our nervous systems because they are no longer serving us.
I prefer to view it as a dense energy, as opposed to creating a story around it (easier said than done). Sometimes you may not even have a word for what it is.
“Emotion= energy in motion.”
-Peter McWilliams
If it was something from early childhood, we may not have had a framework for the experience at the time- much less the language to describe it.
Why now? Because we finally have the strength and resources (internal and external) to handle it. As a survival mechanism, things only surface when the container is able to hold them.
I, for one, am grateful for this. The “window of tolerance” is there for a reason, and needs to be respected. I have seen what happens when I get outside of it, and it is not a good day.
ONE step further: If we’re releasing trapped emotions, then that means we’ve felt it before- most likely before we were fully equipped.
Can we use this as an opportunity to have compassion for our younger self, and honor what they experienced?
“This feeling is really big and super not fun. How much more overwhelming would it have been if I had fewer tools and less support?”
“Wow six year old me- I’m so sorry you experienced that. It is over now. I’m here and we are safe. ”
Look what we have overcome!
Photo: Montreat, NC February 2021
Anatomy of an Awakening 
Yes! Good Perspectives!
It’s good to have someone that can be trusted to walk along side in this process.
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