Taming the Inner Demons
Here are actual utterances of people who had been through a difficult time facing their demons of dealing with fear, anger, grief, conflicting values lack of confidence.
“I felt so much that I started to feel nothing.” “You don’t understand.” “I would try if I only had.” “Nothing will work.” “I’m not fixable.” “I just want to hide.” “I don’t know what to do.” “I feel like crying.” “I don’t care anymore.”
Emotional breakdown leaves us crying, our eyes dry, behind closed doors, hearts smashed into tiny pieces. In such a situation, the howling pain tears us down completely. We are tired of thinking, unable to do anything except be in the moment wanting to go back in time and reverse what happened.
Funnily enough, after all, that letting off conversations and crying, the body lets you know it’s hungry, needs to empty the bowls and wants to sleep. When the demons of pain hold the mind captive, the body is oddly fighting against it. If you don’t believe, keep your nose and mouth to stop breathing; even in the most challenging times in our lives, the body would still grasp the air to live. The life force within is not our mind’s doing, the mind changes with circumstances, but life wants to take its course, telling our brain to face it.
It is proven that the negative thoughts in our minds affect our hormones and body, making us sick. So, if our thoughts are likely to make us sick, it is also a fact that our thoughts can make us well too.
The most constructive way to alter thinking to gain control of feelings is to create a gap, to contemplate between the space of occurrence and our reaction. One of the tools that make this personal space is “Meditation.” Clients have also benefited by “Journaling Thoughts” every day. Talking to some who cares, and listens helps to lighten the burden.