Emotional pain & suffering doesn’t feel good.
We’ve all experienced painful moments in our lives. When something bad happens, it’s easy to become emotionally charged.
Overwhelmed with feelings like sadness, shame or fear, these negative emotions can become so common that you may feel like it's a part of you.
If you don’t do the work to let go of past hurts, your emotional baggage will carry itself into your present and future.
Are you ready to free yourself from emotional pain & suffering? It’s time to release the past and move forward.
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Pain is a universal human condition.
The problem is that a lot of people aren’t even aware what their emotional pain & suffering involves. Nobody likes to feel pain. It’s a lot easier to suppress it and pretend that it doesn’t exist. Unfortunately, if you try to fight your pain, it actually triggers other painful emotions, resulting in more emotional pain.
Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult to let go of experiences that have caused you emotional pain & suffering? The answer lies in your interpretation of your life experiences. We've all had experiences that have significantly affected who we are. As a result, we create stories that shape our identity; who we are, the decisions that we make, and how we interact with people.
It's not so much an experience itself that causes emotional suffering & pain. Rather, it's the meaning that you ascribe to your experience. Nothing in life has any meaning other than the meaning that you give it. Let me give you an example.
Let’s say that your Dad left when you were 5 years old. You create a story that he left because he doesn’t love you. This may have led you to believe that you’re not good enough. If you’re not good enough, the line of thinking is that you must not deserve happiness.
As a result, every time you get into a relationship with someone you may get scared that he or she is going to abandon you. Sure enough, you sabotage your relationships and create an emotional wall to protect your heart because you are so terrified of getting hurt again. This cycle of self-destruction will continue until the point at which you are ready to heal your pain and rewrite the narrative of your life.
How can you let go of past pain & suffering and move forward?
Firstly, you need to figure out what is holding you back, and then you have to be willing to look at the parts of yourself that are still hurting. Facing your pain, head-on isn't easy but it's an integral piece of the healing process. True freedom comes when you are finally able to see an event for what it is and no longer attach any meaning to it. This speaks to the power of reframing.
When you are able to reframe an experience in a more empowering way, in turn, you are able to change the end result. Not only will this motivate you to become a better human being, but it will also improve every area of your life. In the words of Wayne Dyer, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
This is how to free yourself from emotional pain & suffering.
The next time that you catch yourself creating a disempowering meaning from a situation, step back and ask yourself, “How is this experience helping me to become a better person?”
This simple shift in perspective will help you to accept things as they are without trying to force an outcome. Believe that life is always happening for you, not to you. Every challenge that you’ve gone through has made you into the person who you are today.
The darkest times in your life can lead to beautiful destinations if you allow them to. Freedom from emotional pain & suffering is yours for the taking. Don't lose faith. This too shall pass.
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