We might recall traumatic events, particularly from childhood, when we helplessly endured something that even now fills us with raw anger, and perhaps we sometimes even fantasize wishing we had immediately reacted with entirely justified fury and power.
The toxic energy surrounding such events remains hidden, yet active in our bodies and subconscious, adversely affecting every aspect of our daily life.
If our life is severely compromised, we might require help from a trauma therapist.
But if we can function reasonably well, putting up with 'ordinary unhappiness,' then we can do 2 things to 'physically process' and gradually purge or unburden our system from these toxins.
1) When we're alone in a quiet, safe place, we can intentionally recall, in detail, a specific traumatic incident from our past - perhaps not the worst one to start - that even now causes us to react with anger.
We then resolve to allow ourselves to simply physically feel the unpleasant emotions that arise. Although we're very used to reacting to unpleasant feelings by quickly escaping, our mission now is to physically digest, as it were, this entire unpleasant plate-full ie to stay present & curious to the physical feel, as it gradually diminishes in power.
Just feel into it. Nothing more.
Stay with ONLY the physical feeling - no words, no stories, etc.
Avoid escaping into thoughts, and other distractions.
Feel this emotion until it looses its power over your life. You might need to re-visit this same traumatic event and do another physical processing to fully extinguish its power.
2) A wonderfully inspiring & useful imho interview between Christina Guimond & Angelo Dilullo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuqmDYYnLSA includes a recommendation (between 32:30 & 44:19) for a potentially very useful body-based adjunct to the above instructions, called TRE - Tension or Trauma Releasing Exercises (a simpler, self-help complement to Peter Levine's deeper, longer-term Somatic Experiencing therapy).
If you have Parkinson's or other neurological conditions it's prudent to consult your health-care provider before trying TRE.
An excellent intro to TRE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoB9wpuO688
We have the tools to unburden ourselves from all that has ever held us captive. NONE of us have time to waste by remaining timidly imprisoned by our fears. The spiritually independent path is challenging, but WE'RE HERE TO DISCOVER WHO / WHAT WE TRULY ARE and thus be able to BEHAVE like SPIRITUALLY MATURE, RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEINGS.
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