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In reply to this post by RitaTheFlippingOctupus
Hi Rita!
Doing this work and a few of the classes brought up a lot of emotion for me too and I found that putting an even bigger emphasis on self love/care was necessary. So I agree with Danielle's response above! Also, use your judgement... I think this work can shine light on areas of trauma that may require deeper/more intensive support that a therapist can provide. I think becoming very aware of your body and your patterns is key. Has this happened before? Are you able to sit with the emotions or do you feel like it is preventing you from going through your daily life?
For me as I sat with my emotions-- and gave myself extra time and rest-- they passed. I have also gone through therapy before so I am somewhat aware of where my emotions come from when they come up. Have you watched Emotional Alchemy 1.0? I believe it talks about identifying where your emotions personally come from. It also discusses actions you can take and affirmations (a seemingly small concept, which can be really helpful!) to combat the negative spiral, once you have identified where the emotions come from.
I'm not a doctor or anyone qualified to give health advice at all, but I personally am all for emotional eating! Cooking and eating is a major healing process for me (hi, greasy period meals lol)! For me it is a time of rest usually and I know that I will return to my normal healthy habits when I am rebalanced. It honestly usually takes just 1 or 2 such meals. I have realized that sometimes when your body is forcing you to rest/slow down/nourish yourself, if you resist that you will remain in a state of stress and it may continue! (What you resist persists). What I'm saying is forgive yourself for this and it IS normal. Again, you know your habits, patterns and health needs better than I do so if there are more serious consequences for your emotional eating, please seek all forms of help to address it.
Finally practice and make a habit of radical self love/self-forgiveness. Love yourself unconditionally. Everything you do is an opportunity to learn about yourself and become even more of yourself -- even the most difficult times. Daily I *actively* remind myself of how much I am unconditionally loved (I started doing this while taking this class). Also remind yourself how much it makes sense for the body to have a stress reaction when stressful thought patterns/situations come up -- like yes of course it's normal this is what a human body should do. Even if you don't know why you're stressed... you're still stressed, so it's normal to have a stress reaction! Lol. I think Hasnaa mentions this in Emotional Alchemy 1.0 as well. Bottom line -- you're normal, but you have to take more powerful actions (and sometimes the most powerful action is rest!) to take care of yourself so you can continue to thrive in your life.
Hoping as you go deeper the waves of stress will be less intense and you will be able to "surf" them with more ease.
xo
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