Emotional Suppression Unveiled
Emotions often get pushed down from childhood to meet others' expectations, leading to a cycle of numbness and depression. Grief is a natural response to loss, but when emotions are suppressed, it can morph into depression. The conversation highlights the importance of learning to grieve properly and the potential for emotional release as a path to healing.In this clip
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How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This question is in relation to the episode #224: Be Authentic — It's Good For Your Health with Dr. Christian Gonzalez and the clip The Impact of Emotional Suppression, as well as the episode 198: Mark Manson | Channeling Hope, Choosing Problems, and Changing Values and the clip Unraveling Childhood Trauma.
How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real biological emotions impact our future decisions? This question relates to the episode #224: Be Authentic — It's Good For Your Health with Dr. Christian Gonzalez and the clip The Impact of Emotional Suppression, as well as the episode 198: Mark Manson | Channeling Hope, Choosing Problems, and Changing Values and the clip Unraveling Childhood Trauma.
How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This topic was discussed in the episode 130. Choosing to Heal with Dr. Kelly Brogan, the episode Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave, the episode #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, the clip Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence, and the clip Permission to Feel.