Look at Me
How
annoyed, disappointed, frustrated and angry do we get with ourselves when our
emotions come out of their suppression and demand, “Look at me”?
This can
happen at the most inconvenient of times, just before we arrive at work, at a
wedding, funeral, 5 minutes before an important meeting or a deadline, and even
Christmas day.
The emotion
is in “Look at me” mode and this means that it is bubbling up and the control
we have exercised either knowingly or unconsciously is now rendered useless. Any
well meaning person who comes up to us and asks “Are you ok? “ will unwittingly
be faced with tears or the emotional distress felt.
The feeling
that we have spent our energy on supressing has now revealed it’s “Look at me”
status and is preparing to leave encompassed with the vulnerability that comes
attached to it. This is where our fight or flight mechanism usually comes in. We either fight with all our might back the
tears, anger, frustration, disappointment etc, wrestling away with it until it
is once again supressed within the realms of our body and self control or we
fly away as fast as possible by we g hiding in our room, under our desk, in a
glass of red wine, on Facebook, etc. etc. until the ghost of our emotional past
feels so far away that even Scooby doo couldn’t pick up on it. This may take a few sips of wine, mouthfuls of
chocolate or picking up all the dropped paper clips under your desk but sooner
or later it feels slammed back far enough in your subconscious that you can
face Jenny at the photocopier again.
However is
this really giving us the peace we seek in our lives by denying or fighting
those moments when our emotions speak “Look at me”? When we look and feel our emotions the process
may be momentarily painful (as we flail around in our vulnerability), but we
feel a deeper peace when we surrender to it, letting it flow out, unhindered
and fully expressed. If we are gentle
with ourselves and drop the self-judgment afterwards we may notice we feel
lighter for the experience.
Appointments
are available with Kathy for your “Look at me” emotions today.
Call
0407968300 for you booking today
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