Your Emotional Barometer
Release Stored Emotions before the Storm Hits
By Lori Radun
A client recently told me about an incident she experienced with her body. As she was driving, her teeth and arms began to tingle, her vision tunneled, and her heart began to pound very fast. For- tunately for her, she was close to a medical clinic. Upon arriving at the clinic, she was shocked to find that her blood pressure had soared to 190/110. My client is young and leads an active life- style, and all of her medical tests came back negative. So what happened? Just like a barometer measures atmospheric pressure, each of us has an emotional ba- rometer that measures our stored emotions and tension levels. A storm is generally anticipated when the barometer is falling rapidly; when the barometer is rising, fair weather may usually be
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expected. In this case, my client’s emotional barometer was falling rapidly while her blood pres- sure rapidly rose. Many years of unprocessed emotions finally took its toll on her.
We were created to experience many emo- tions - from anger and sadness to happiness and joy. Unfor- tunately, many of us have been conditioned to believe that certain emotions are negative and others are positive. Actually it’s what we do with the emotions
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“Unfortunately, many of us have been conditioned to believe that certain emotions are negative and others are positive. Actually it’s what we do with the emotions that make them either negative or positive.”
that make them either negative or positive. Emotions, themselves, are what they are. Just as you are supposed to slow down when the traffic light is yellow and stop when the light is red, your emo- tions serve the same purpose. If you are feeling angry, it is a signal that some-
thing is wrong. It could be that someone is actually disrespecting you, or you perceive that you are being mistreated. If you are feel- ing sad, perhaps you are missing
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