Feeling good plays a big part in what someone does and doesn't do. This
can relate to one feeling emotionally centered and at ease internally and/or
through having a heightened sense of wellbeing because of what is taking place
externally.
In the first example, it is likely that one will feel good
because of what is going on internally and yet as we are interdependent,
external events are also likely to play a part.
When it is due to the second example, one may feel good
about their life in general or have the experience because of a certain
occurrence. And it won't necessarily be due to what is taking place internally.
But if one feels a deep sense of unhappiness within, then it
is going to be challenge to feel good. It won't matter what is going on
externally and where one is in the world or what they are doing. How they on
the inside might be pushed to one side for a while, but it is unlikely to just
disappear.
Options
There are common options for people to choose from when they
don't feel good and some of these are fairly functional and others can be
dysfunctional if they are relied upon. Things like alcohol, drugs, food and
sex, are recognised as being used to alter how one feels.
If these were to be used from time to time, excluding drugs,
it is probably not going to cause too many problems. To use these in excess is
going to lead to the creation of further problems and one could end up feeling
even worse.
Exercise
Engaging in some kind of exercise every now and then is good
way to alter how one feels. One will get fitter, change how they look and the
chemicals in their brain will also change. So there are many levels to this and
one can benefit in many ways.
However, exercise is only going to get one so far and this
could become another form of avoidance. Once they have stopped working out or
doing a certain exercise, they are likely to soon return to how they were.
Diet
Another approach would be for one to change what they are
eating and to get the right nutrients into their body. This may also involve
taking certain vitamins and minerals as a way to supplement what they are
eating.
And as today's food is not as good as it used to be, in
terms of nutritional value, there is a strong chance that one is lacking
something. So to eat or to take the right things is going to change how one
feels. It might not be enough though.
Drugs
There are drugs that one can use to alter their state that
are classed as legal and others that are seen as illegal. The illegal drugs
that people use have been around for years and although their name may change,
the drug itself rarely does.
Anti depressants are commonly used to treat people who have
emotional problems. The trouble with these is that they don't actually deal
with anything and can cause one to be completely cut of from how they feel.
So they could end up like a zombie and completely out of
touch with themselves. Or they could end up coming across as always happy and
inauthentic; so their depressed, but their happy about it.
Low
When someone feels down or low, this could be an experience
that they have always had or it could have been something that has recently
come about. If one has always experienced life this way, then they are not
going to know what it is like to experience life in another way.
But if one felt fine before or only had moments of feeling
bad and then they end up feeling low as a way of life, they are going to be
able to see that there is another way. And this could give them hope and the
conviction that they can return to how they were once again.
Trapped Emotions
Now, there could be all kinds of reasons as to why one
doesn't feel good and one of these reasons is due to trapped emotions. There
will be two levels to this; not only will one feel different as a result of
having them stuck in their body, their body will also respond differently.
It could be said that as their body is responding
differently, one will feel different. And while this is true, it can also be
the other way around; with how one feels shaping what is going on in their
body.
The Body
It might seem inaccurate to mention the body and not the
mind, especially as the mind is meant to be in charge of how one feels. But
while the mind has generally been seen as the organ that affects how one feels,
recent evidence has shown that this is not actually the case.
It is what is going on in ones stomach that is defining how
one feels and not what is going on in their heads; what is happening is one's
mind is often the result of what is going on in their stomach. It has been said
that over ninety percent of serotonin and over fifty percent of dopamine is
made in the stomach.
So this means that one can change their thoughts and 'think
positive', but if their stomach is not in order, it might not make any
difference.
Emotions
And while emotions can be held all over the body, the most
important area, and the one that will define how one feels, will be just above
the stomach. This is sometimes called the enteric brain, the ego, or the
reptilian complex. In the heart can be loss, abandonment grief, betrayal and
rejection and these will need to be dealt with.
And yet these will be on top of what is happening just above
ones stomach. In this area can be the following feelings: powerlessness,
hopelessness, loss of control and death.
Disruption
What these trapped emotions will do is disrupt the body and
stop it from functioning as it should. And when that happens, how one feels is
going to change. These trapped emotions could relate to what has happened in
their adult years and go back to when they were a baby and a child.
So one may have forgotten about what happened and yet the
emotional experiences have stayed inside their body.
Awareness
These trapped emotions will need to be released and then one
can see if this is the reason why they feel as they do. This can be done with
the assistance of a therapist or a healer who will allow one to face them and
gradually release them.
This could a while though, as if one has disconnected from
their body and lives in the head; it is going to take some time to reconnect.
Article Source: Oliver JR Cooper
