There are three things to keep in mind when emotional purging, intentional or not: We have to plow through and confront them, live with them, and accept that they are a part of our story. That said, no matter what type of trauma you have endured, we have to face the realities of our lives (if we wish to live our fullest lives). I can’t begin to understand what it’s like to have trauma to your temple, your sanctuary- to be out of control of something that is happening to your person. Many of you have been through more trauma than I have – my trauma has been purely emotional – but many of you have been through physical trauma in addition to. emotional. If we do not properly process our experiences, they build up over time, they become toxic, they contaminate and ruin our relationships with ourselves and with those we love. We unknowingly project our issues onto others, sometimes even repeating the trauma we went through onto someone else. When we run from the truth - which most people do - we spend our lives in the dark, avoiding our truth, acting out, reacting, seeking revenge, and suffering in a far different way. So why is emotional purging so important if it is so painful? I finally feel like I have taken a few steps into the clear, and with that, I can shed some insights into emotional purging. It took me weeks to realize that this episode was the result of this emotional detox, not something an western doctor would diagnose. I am well-versed in addressing physical ailments with food, so I made dietary choices to help alleviate the pain such as saying farewell to caffeine, eating mostly unprocessed food, and avoiding alcohol. I felt constant fatigue, bad headaches, and built-up tension in my neck the form of neck and back.
My mind was foggy, and my dreams were vivid, yet my sleep quality was poor. I started to feel like crap – muscle pain, eye lid twitching (three weeks without a break), flu-like symptoms, etc. I was expecting a certain type of transformation, after all my experience was so profound. With them exposed to the world, I would wait for them to heal slowly – day by day. This time, I would not reach for a Band-Aid to put over them. It was cathartic, which makes sense, as it was emotional purging, even if I didn’t sign up for such a process.īut after the applause was over, I returned to just me and my open wounds. The soil felt primed and ready for new crops to grow. Telling my story and the response I got felt really good too.
Much of the process felt good as I ripped up old roots and began to prepare the dirt for the next stage. It took me a month to prepare, writing my speech, digging deep into my unconscious, and pulling out repressed memories, thoughts, feeling, and emotions. You can read more about my experience and emotional recap here. It’s been a month since the Good Fest, where I stood on stage and shared my most sacred thoughts, traumas, feelings, and insecurities to an audience of 400 strangers.
With emotional purging, I have learned, it gets worse before it gets better. In the west, we expect instant healing and we believe that the only way to measure if something works is to see an immediate absence of discomfort. To the latter point, emotional purging (whether intentional or not) is not an instant fix.
PENT UP EMOTIONS FREE
When we do this, we eventually release pent-up energy we have been burying inside, but instant gratification and pain free it is not. The purpose of emotional purging is not to end suffering – it’s about getting in touch with your deepest emotions, understand and come to terms with your pain, and be able to move forward in the direction you want to go. Catharsis – or emotional purging – is the process of eliminating emotions that don’t serve you, and for the purpose of this post, specifically pain, fear, pity, anger, and shame.
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