Most of us have difficulty accepting our authentic feelings, simply allowing them to be what they are. We try to control our inner experience based on our preferences and our beliefs about what we should and shouldn’t feel. Some of this is unconscious and manifests as automatic patterns of avoiding certain feelings.
Unfortunately, when we move away from our feelings it means we become less present with ourselves; we lose touch with what is going on inside of us. However, feelings that we avoid don’t go away – they just get pushed out of our awareness and unconsciously shape our lives and relationships. Our bodies may become tense because they contain our rejected emotions, which can contribute to physical problems, such as disease and chronic pain.
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