ext_3099 ([identity profile] griffen.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] xiphias 2005-05-01 03:34 pm (UTC)

Oh, and:

I find myself wondering: how much of my constant pain and sickness is old emotions floating around my body, stripped of meaning, yet retaining their pain? Is that even POSSIBLE?

There's a theory that emotions which are not expressed get stored in the body. One of the books on anger that [livejournal.com profile] rosefox pointed me at a while back talks about this in depth. The man's theory is that understanding and rationalizing your anger doesn't make it go away - that only expression of it makes it go away.

I would think the same would be true of other emotions as well.

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