| Express! Do not suppress! Suppressed emotions are emotions that are not expressed which would lurk around for a long time causing immense damage to you (body and mind). While it is easy to say so, many a time it is not possible to express and circumstances force us to suppress our emotions due to requirements of civility, chivalry and respect or our current economic and physical standing, etc. The suppressed emotion could take a toll on our well being, mental and physical health if not properly expressed. The effects could be leading to Depression, Low Self Esteem and Confidence and on the physical health side could even affect organs like heart and liver. Suppressed emotions should be channeled out or else it could leak out at improper situations in the form of anger. We see road rage often which is some anger misdirected. We come across parents behaving violently at home with kids and spouse due to suppressed emotions at work. How do we address Suppressed Emotions in a healthy way in place of it leaking out awkwardly or affecting one’s health adversely? Speak it out: Choose a confidant, friend or someone and talk openly and share how you feel. Be honest about your emotions and let it out of your system. This would unburden yourself and feel eased up and by sharing it with someone who understands it would also relieve you of the loneliness on the burden of suppressed emotions for it has been shared. Anger is not the right channel: Suppressed emotion could result in anger. Anger while could help in a few situations but could be more harmful when not managed well. So instead of giving into anger and aggression, one should turn to be assertive. Assertiveness is standing for one’s rights – politely but firmly which will be appreciated by all but anger and aggression will be resented by everyone including you. Crying: It is a good form of venting out suppressed emotions and it eases you up. It is healthy to cry and gets you to feel better by removing toxins out of the system. Work out: When there is a suppressed emotion that is right time to get the body to shed more energy and hence ease itself. If you are a regular to the gym, you would find yourself doing a lot better when the system is surcharged with such suppressed emotions. Have you heard of the ‘Punching Bags’ at work in Japanese companies – that is the place one sheds their anger through this work out of punching. Write it out: Do you maintain a journal? A piece of paper is a great sink of our suppressed emotions wherein we can pour out honestly all the emotions. By dumping on a piece of paper the system would ease up. One may either keep these in the form of a journal for later reference or just tear up once the emotions are spelt out. Speak up: The best way to get the system cleansed is to have a honest dialogue with the person directly. If you are hurt because of some behavior, express with data that such a behavior hurt you. If it was you who had hurt, be honest to admit and apologize. The final word here is – Express, channel it out and do not leave your emotions suppressed to cause major harm to you mentally and/or physically. 29/06/10  07:23 pm, by Rashmi  Categories: Articles  Post your comment Comment
Good article. One needs to express one's emotions otherwise it might take a toll on one's well being. 19/08/10 06:14 pm |
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