Stress and Physical Symptoms

Painful emotions don’t cause stress in the body if they’re allowed to flow. It’s the suppression of painful emotions that cause stress in the body.

There are a myriad of health conditions that modern medicine agrees can be triggered by one factor alone: stress.

Understandably, the result is that we try to take action to "reduce stress" in our lives to solve these health issues. Sometimes we do that by taking things off our plate, or by practices like yoga or meditation or using essential oils. The supposed remedies for stress are almost endless.

The problem is, we don't often ask ourselves why we're so stressed in the first place.

Or perhaps it is more accurate to say, we don't correctly assess the cause of stress: we tend to blame it on things that aren't actually the cause.

Here's what I mean by that: perhaps a person is blaming their stress on the fact they're always working too hard and too long of hours.

But the real issue is, why are they taking on too much for what's self-loving? Perhaps it's because in their childhood, they were praised mainly for how many accolades they received, so now working so much is a way to maintain that approval from others and avoid their true feelings that they're worthless if they don't achieve.

So in this case, the real cause of their stress is that they're constantly trying to avoid fears and deep feelings of worthlessness.

I have a personal story I can share here: five months ago, I had a sudden outbreak of eczema on my face (this is part of why you haven't seen me so much on social media or Youtube). I have no genetic history of this in my family, and I haven't had a history of skin problems in my life. There is no dietary or environmental trigger that I'm aware of.

What did resonate with me when I researched it though, is that it can be "stress-induced".

And indeed, I have felt very stressed and still am. However, the way I see that issue is this: my stress isn't due to painful or uncomfortable emotions that I'm having. It's due to painful and uncomfortable emotions that I'm not allowing myself to have.

While I haven't fully healed it yet, when I've allowed myself to feel and express some anger, rage or sadness, it goes away almost completely. When I start avoiding my real emotions again, it flares up again.

Consider that it's not more meditation and bubble baths and crystals that you need, but rather it's more feeling emotions that you need.

For more information on this, I recommend checking out the Divine Truth YouTube channel; particularly the "Soul Causes of Physical Illness' video.

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