Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Dec19/Jan20 Aspire Mag FINAL | Page 55
The challenge is most people have learned
otherwise. They see symptoms as problems,
indications of what is wrong, signs of an
uncertain future. While talking about your
feelings can provide some comfort, my
clients tell me this can be a temporary fix.
While talking to others can help shed some
light on the situation and build up your
self-awareness, without the added step of
processing your emotion these strategies
may fall short. One reason is that talking
can often end up being a way of revisiting
rather than healing old hardships, wounds,
and traumas.
Then there are those who won’t speak at all.
They interrupt their healing by withdrawing,
turning to unhealthy escape routes such as
eating, drugs, or alcohol. While you may be
tempted to compare (or judge) one choice
over another, at the root of it all they are
likely all threaded by the same intention —
to avoid feeling at all cost.
The big red flag is when the conversation
never seems to change. If you are still talking
about the same thing, people, situations,
past experienced or fears about the future,
this too is a sign that you have gotten pretty
ANXIETY IS YOUR
BODY ATTEMPTING
TO MOVE INTO A
STATE OF HEALING.
IT IS AN INDICATION
THAT IT NO LONGER
WANTS TO REMAIN
STAGNANT.
Anxiety is your body attempting to move into
a state of healing. It is an indication that it
no longer wants to remain stagnant. It is as
if your body intuitively knows if it doesn’t get
more inside movement (sensation, breath)
the lack of energy it is experiencing could do
more harm than good. While you may believe
your body is attempting to hold you back, I
say, it wants you to move forward. It is almost
as if it intuitively knows if it doesn’t stir things
up a bit (evidenced through symptoms of
increased heart rate and tension) the onset
of depression might begin to seep in.
darn good at interrupting your healing
process. Kind of like eating the same three
meals for months on end eventually your
body is going to lose its flavor for life. This is
because healing is invigorating, it gives you
the chance to begin and feel again.
Here are three additional ways people
interrupt healing anxiety:
1
Focus on Others
People with anxiety tend to over focus on
others. While they know they could benefit from
a bit more self-care somehow they have gotten
themselves into the lousy habit of wanting to
heal, help and in some cases prevent other
people from feeling pain. If this is you, I suggest
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