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“How long does an emotion last?
Have you ever felt that you were angry for a couple of hours or sad all day long?
Look closely at that angry feeling or that sad feeling.
Notice the story: the thoughts of loss that triggered sadness, the threat that triggered anger.
Do such thoughts remain static or are they intermittent, or cyclical?
Notice sensations in the body: perhaps heaviness in the chest, an ache in the stomach, an indistinct disoriented sensation, heat or cold, a hollow feeling.
Are these sensations lasting, stable, or fluctuating? Do they increase or decrease?
Notice the intensity of the anger or sadness: does it remain stable,
or come as waves that intensify when triggered by certain thoughts, smells, or sights and then diminish when attention is distracted by exercise, meals, and conversation?”
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My two cents: Chronic Pain also has a fluctuating pattern.
The more attention we donate to pain or emotion, the more the intensity increases.
Hug the positive ones, let the negative ones flow on through.
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Posted by Karen Lang on March 4, 2020 at 2:01 am
Love this! 👏👏
Posted by Marty on March 4, 2020 at 2:49 am
Me too
Posted by morethantrauma on March 4, 2020 at 9:47 pm
Love this 😍
Posted by Marty on March 4, 2020 at 9:56 pm
Thanks Shaila Catherine is one of my favorite authors