have you heard of buried emotions....
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| Thu, 05-06-2004 - 9:58am |
I went to therapy last night and I told marnie about all that has been going on it was a good session we talked about my sister and I and how we grew up in the same house how things effect me differently she thinks that my sister burries what she is feeling rather than just say okay this is how I am feeling and then deal with it...she hold it in I also do the same but I am more emotional than my sister....
I told marnie about my 3 week long head ache she thinks that I should try to look within myself to see if there is some emotion that I am not dealing with she told me that when you hold things in your body will react with sickness like a cold back aches ect...she wants me to look into my self to see if maybe I am not expressing something and that is why I have this headache...I am gonna try figure it cant hurt any..and I do think that there is something that I am burring inside of me..
I think what I might do over the weekend is write everything out without thinking about it I am gonna try that and then burn up the papaer in the hopes of releasing any feelings that I will not longer have to deal with and in the hopes of leaving it all in the past and hoping to move forward, I am also going to write down the names of the men in my recent past also in the hopes of moving on from them and moving forward ..
I just cant seem to think of any emotion that I may not be expressing, I know I am not big with crying I just dont do it alot maybe I am just confused as to what I am feeling...I know I am hurt by all the events of these past few months..
Has anyone heard of burried emotions and has anyone ever been through that if so how did you over come those emotions? I need to do something I am also going to call my doctor again see what he comes up with..
Thanks ladies.
All my love.
Erin

Erin, I wonder if it would be helpful for you to think of it like an onion, which has so many separate layers until you get to the very center of it all.
Erin,
Yes, there are such things as buried emotions.
Just a quick note..
There are definately buried emotions and for years my poetry was how I reached mine;
*hugs
I totally understand what Marnie was saying about suppressed emotions. I did that for a long time. I still don't know how to overcome it, I am still learning. As far as I can tell, the way to go about it is to keep a constant eye on my emotions and practice verbalizing what they are. I am not doing well at it, in fact the hubby and I got into a fight today because of it. But it seems to work when I remember to do it. I know it can make you sick, too. I lived for years with chronic headaches, stomach problems, exhaustion, etc. it is better now that I am really concentrating on acknowledging what I feel.
Good luck trying to figure things out! I will be thinking of you
i not only bury my feelings i have them in lock down where they can't hurt me, so i can function with out crying feeling awful and wanting to cut myself. For me it's a healthy option. this way i can go on about my life and even take some interest in it. What good are feelings that only tap into dispair when there is nothing i can do to change the conflicting situation that causes them. so i choose operational and functional over disfucntional and non operational and if the house doesn't get cleaned oh well at least we are all still together here in it and getting along which is way better than when we were all tied into our feelings and destroying each other with them.