Trapped in Thoughts and Emotions

There’s a difference between feeling, processing, and learning from our emotions and thoughts AND getting trapped in them. 

 

I invite you to try this when you feel triggered and are experiencing an uncomfortable emotion:

 

• Write down your thoughts on paper to gain some distance and awareness.

 

• Describe WHERE you feel the sensations of the emotion in your body:

 

• head? 
• temples?
• neck?
• shoulders?
• back?
• chest?
• gut?
• hands/feets?
• arms/legs?

 

• Describe the sensations of the emotion:

 

• tight or open?
• constricted or expansive?
• heavy or light?
• hot or cold?
• color?
• speed of sensation?

 

• After you FEEL the emotion all the way through, get curious about what you were THINKING that created the emotion. 

 

• Once you’ve felt the emotion, and have learned from it, ask yourself:

 

• Does it serve me to keep feeling this way?
• Does it serve me to keep thinking the thoughts that are causing this emotion?

 

• Decide ON PURPOSE what you want to feel:

 

• satisfied or fulfilled?
• delighted or surprised?
• peaceful or calm?
• successful or accomplished?

 

• Finally, tell your brain what you want it to focus on:

 

• “I’m looking for evidence of being safe, getting help, being included, being acknowledged, etc.”
• “I’m looking for examples of all things being figureoutable.”

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