THE MIND AND BODY CONNECT
THE ROLE EMOTIONS PLAY ON OUR HEALTH:-
To lead a good and healthy life we need to not only be aware of our thoughts, feelings, and behavior also cope with them, specially when they cause stress. It is not only good eating habits and exercise but also one’s ability to cope with emotions that define a healthy lifestyle.
We have many experiences in life that can disrupt our emotional health. Strong feelings of sadness, stress, anxiety, or loss can very well create havoc in our lives, specially if we are unable to overcome the same. At times even good or ‘wanted’ feelings can be stressful, example having a child, getting married, moving to a new home, getting a promotion, or even going on a holiday.
The result of such different stressful experiences ( good and bad) makes our body react very differently ‘telling’ us that something isn’t right, we can develop blood pressure issues, problems with the stomach and digestion. Fear, insecurity, worry, and jealousy affect not only our physical gait/stance but also our internal organs such as liver, spleen, heart, lungs, kidneys, and intestines. Often inability to voice our displeasure over things and also forgive others affects the Thyroid gland and the throat too. Lack of emotional support can affect the heart, breathing and thus the lungs. Financial worries would affect the stomach and related digestive organ since they’d cause acidity.
A SMALL TABLE TO SHOW HOW OUR ORGANS ARE AFFECTED
ANGER THE LIVER
HAPPINESS HEART IMBALANCES (way too much happiness resulting in stress)
SADNESS HEART
WORRY DIGESTIVE ORGANS
FEAR KIDNEYS
SHOCK HEART & KIDNEYS
The idea is to teach ourselves to handle and deal with our emotions in such a way that their effect on our different organs is minimal. For this we need to be aware of our emotions and how each of us reacts to them, and then recognise and acknowledge their role on our organs.
It is surely a difficult thing to achieve, teaching ourselves to handle emotions and feelings……so then what do we do? Here’s a suggestion-talk things out of the system…..but whom to? Well, if it’s something not too severe, a good friend, someone close and if that doesn’t help and there’s still ‘that’ feeling of unease it’s best to approach a counsellor/therapist.
The basic idea or aim is to not allow emotions get the better of us, and harm our health.
