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Amy
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 Posted - 08/15/2007 : 18:42:17
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I started the journeling tonight. The link found at http://www.etex.net/kelving/ for Journeling help was fantastic. It provides the basics as well as guided questions as a template. The best part is that the journal can be kept on the computer and password protected. When I used the guided questions, I found that it was easy to write about feelings that I have always been aware of but never really put down in print. It is different when you see it in print as compared to just recognizing the feeling in a "passing" manner. I never realized how much anger and frustration I have inside.
I do have a question about journeling. Are you just supposed to recognize your feelings and thoughts or supposed to "find solulutions?" If at some point, I feel the need to speak with a professional, how would I find someone who understands the TMS program? |
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Littlebird
USA
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Posted - 08/15/2007 : 23:47:05
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Hi Amy,
Recognizing the feelings that you find and acknowledging them as legitimate is enough for some people to overcome the physical symptoms. Some people go further, making some kind of effort to bring some of their unconscious feelings to a conscious level, sometimes with the help of a therapist. Therapists can help provide a different perspective than we have ourselves, and they can help guide us in our efforts to find and identify feelings through good questioning, but some of the journaling tools that are available can also do a bit of that. You've made a good start by journaling and seeing how it's different than just thinking about feelings. You may find that this journaling is all you need.
If you get to a point where you decide maybe therapy would be useful, you can find some listings of TMS doctors here: http://www.tarpityoga.com/directory.html
Best wishes,
Corey |
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Amy
USA
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Posted - 08/16/2007 : 06:57:20
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Recognizing the feelings that you find and acknowledging them as legitimate is enough for some people to overcome the physical symptoms. Some people go further, making some kind of effort to bring some of their unconscious feelings to a conscious level,
I thought that recognizing you feelings was the same as bringing thm from an unconscious to conscious level. How does recognizing them differ from bringing them to a conscious level? |
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armchairlinguist
USA
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Posted - 08/16/2007 : 11:11:43
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Recognizing feelings is more about a kind of intellectual recognition, combined with some emotional feeling of realization, acknowledgment, relief, etc.
Really bringing the feelings up to a conscious level is more about actually experiencing them, having a feeling come out of the unconscious and be present right in the moment. This isn't usually necessary for relief, but some people find it helpful to work on this. A therapist can help with this kind of work, but it can also happen spontaneously.
An example might be useful here. If I look back on some experiences I had as a child, I may realize that the experience was negative and made me feel angry or alone. I still feel pretty calm in the present, although perhaps a little angry that the experience happened. I acknowledge that I probably had this feeling. But if I bring the same emotion to consciousness, I'm likely to end up crying and feeling lost and angry and alone -- feeling like I actually AM the child who had those experiences. (Which I am, but that child is not usually part of my current experience in that way.) It's very different emotionally. One is helpful (and may be all you need) and the other is cathartic (and can be overwhelming).
I would advise focusing on the former for now, by journaling and "thinking psychological".
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Wherever you go, there you are. |
Edited by - armchairlinguist on 08/16/2007 11:13:55 |
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Amy
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Posted - 08/16/2007 : 11:48:30
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| Thak you for the example armchairlinguist. I definitely clarified things. |
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