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Mini Episode #Episode 19 - Emotional Pain and Family Estrangement
Welcome to today's mini episode.
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Pain is like a hot potato on our hands and our reaction is usually to get rid of it as quickly as possible - for a fast pain relief - which by the way, is the most human reaction ever! Our brains do not like pain, physical or emotional and it does everything in its power to free us from it.
But sometimes, it is necessary to sit with our pain and discomfort, as we go through life, pain in inevitable. Going through family estrangement is painful for many, whether you initiated the estrangement or it was forced upon you.
Physical pain is one thing, but emotional pain is sometimes on a scale of its own. It can be torture, and sometimes it is us who are doing our own internal mental torturing by constantly reminding ourselves of things that bring us shame, guilt, sadness and other disempowering things that literally keep us in mental loop of self - torture.
My emphasis here is that Pain is inevitable, but your relationships with that stimulus whatever it may be that brings you pain is where you need to shine the touch on.
Think about the a time in your life where you learnt something new that has been beneficial since. Was it a game changer for for you? Now, have you though about learning something new about emotional pain caused by rejection or being ostracised. We usually just walk around with these mental scars because they are invisible to everyone else.
There are abundance of studies that have shown that When people feel emotional pain, the same areas of the brain get activated as when people feel physical pain. Yet, we are quick to treat physical pain with medicines and all sorts of things, but our emotional pains often go unattended to. We sometimes also self medicate with alcohol, drugs, food and other behavioural addiction such as sex addiction / pornography just to numb the pain.
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By Mariam Ernest
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Welcome to today's mini episode.
Join the weekly support group- https://recoveryfromfragmentedfamilies.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1121940
Join the Private Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/587817455514932/
Pain is like a hot potato on our hands and our reaction is usually to get rid of it as quickly as possible - for a fast pain relief - which by the way, is the most human reaction ever! Our brains do not like pain, physical or emotional and it does everything in its power to free us from it.
But sometimes, it is necessary to sit with our pain and discomfort, as we go through life, pain in inevitable. Going through family estrangement is painful for many, whether you initiated the estrangement or it was forced upon you.
Physical pain is one thing, but emotional pain is sometimes on a scale of its own. It can be torture, and sometimes it is us who are doing our own internal mental torturing by constantly reminding ourselves of things that bring us shame, guilt, sadness and other disempowering things that literally keep us in mental loop of self - torture.
My emphasis here is that Pain is inevitable, but your relationships with that stimulus whatever it may be that brings you pain is where you need to shine the touch on.
Think about the a time in your life where you learnt something new that has been beneficial since. Was it a game changer for for you? Now, have you though about learning something new about emotional pain caused by rejection or being ostracised. We usually just walk around with these mental scars because they are invisible to everyone else.
There are abundance of studies that have shown that When people feel emotional pain, the same areas of the brain get activated as when people feel physical pain. Yet, we are quick to treat physical pain with medicines and all sorts of things, but our emotional pains often go unattended to. We sometimes also self medicate with alcohol, drugs, food and other behavioural addiction such as sex addiction / pornography just to numb the pain.