Do you avoid emotional pain hoping it will fade?
Have you used distractions to heal heartache?
Are your compulsions a temporary remedy to unaddressed pain?
Think about any emotional pain that you may have been avoiding and its cost on your overall health by avoiding that pain.
This quote by Vironika Tugaleva provides such a powerful message because so many people avoid emotional pain, trying to numb it with compulsions and distractions. However, that does not help and, over time, running from that emotional pain can cause more harm than good to both you and the people around you.
Have you ever had a rock hit your car windshield? It starts as this little chip and it doesn’t look that bad so you leave it alone. It eventually starts growing and spreading outward but you still leave it alone… After some time, by continuing to avoid what was once just a small chip it has now grown into this deep crack spread across the entire window.
When it comes to our own life, we often use this avoidance tactic as well. When you experience some type of emotional pain stemmed from a relationship, some type of financial trouble, a family issue, work situation, or whatever the case may be, you would rather avoid it then deal with it head on.
You look away hoping it just resolves itself or gets better on its own. However, it doesn’t and what happens is that it usually finds a way to get your attention and not in a good way.
By running away from your emotional pain, you do not allow yourself to feel it, which causes it to build up rather than evaporate. Think of it as a room of cigarette smokers with no open window. All of that smoke has nowhere to go and it starts causing damage to everything in its vicinity.
The same goes for avoided emotional pain. It will cause damage to your mind and your body. Both your mental and physical state will suffer.
Are you avoiding anything currently? If so, how long have you been doing so and how does it make you feel?
Is it affecting your mental health as well as you physical health?
If you’ve been running away from that pain for far too long, it’s time to release it.
Start by allowing it to be seen. Shed light on what it is you’ve been avoiding and embrace it.
Where ever that emotional pain is being manifested it’s time to address it because until you realize that in order for you to heal and move on from it, you need to feel it and work through it.
Now it’s your turn.
How does this quote inspire you?
Tell me about an experience where you avoided the emotional pain from a relationship or situation. By running away, did it start building up within, taking a toll and your mental and physical health? If so, have you been able to work through it and heal?
If you are still holding on to it and need some support, reach out.
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Remember, you are not alone on this journey. Together we can become stronger individuals.
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