Emotional Pain
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What you see here is a page of my hypertext book Me, Looking for Meaning. Initially empty, it will slowly be filled with thoughts, notes, and quotes. One day, I will use them to write a coherent entry, similar to these completed pages. See this post to better understand my creative process. Thank you for your interest and patience! :)
What you see here is a page of my hypertext book Me, Looking for Meaning. Initially empty, it will slowly be filled with thoughts, notes, and quotes. One day, I will use them to write a coherent entry, similar to these completed pages. See this post to better understand my creative process. Thank you for your interest and patience! :)
Emotional pain is any kind of discomfort that is produced by our own emotions. It’s different from physical pain, but it can be very distracting or even oppressing our whole existence. We can think of emotional pain ranging from 1 to 10, 1 being mild annoyance and 10 being depression leading to suicidal thoughts.
Emotions pain is not uncommon. Buddhism: life is suffering. We experience physical and emotional discomfort all the time. It propels us to do stuff.
Trying to escape the discomfort and pain, we try to infinite them. But this is not the answer. The answer is becoming more aware of them: mindfulness. Mindfulness helps us recognize that the pain comes or is exacerbated by us trying to fight the emotions. When we allow ourselves to experience the emotions, this can help relieve the discomfort and pain they seem to cause.
we may try to escape emotional pain by using our imagination, which can backfire. Think what happens when you try analyzing the problem, looking for solutions in circular thoughts. This can create a problem that does not exist or make an existing problem seem bigger than it is.
hurting others is often a result if experiencing unprocessed emotional pain (that one does not fully comprehend or acknowledge)
Examining the strangeness of life as a fundamental existential psychology stressor: https://medium.com/@apokerplayer/thoughts-on-the-strangeness-of-life-as-a-fundamental-existential-psychology-stressor-b4d8f82f31b2
Terror management theories: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/terror-management-theory
Cognitive dissonance - see atlas of the heart
projected pain: emotional pain just like physical. E.g., you may feel sad about one thing while in reality this is not the real reason of the emotions.
joke about broken finger: « wherever I poke it hurts » - « your finger is broken »
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Emotions pain is not uncommon. Buddhism: life is suffering. We experience physical and emotional discomfort all the time. It propels us to do stuff.
Trying to escape the discomfort and pain, we try to infinite them. But this is not the answer. The answer is becoming more aware of them: mindfulness. Mindfulness helps us recognize that the pain comes or is exacerbated by us trying to fight the emotions. When we allow ourselves to experience the emotions, this can help relieve the discomfort and pain they seem to cause.
we may try to escape emotional pain by using our imagination, which can backfire. Think what happens when you try analyzing the problem, looking for solutions in circular thoughts. This can create a problem that does not exist or make an existing problem seem bigger than it is.
hurting others is often a result if experiencing unprocessed emotional pain (that one does not fully comprehend or acknowledge)
Examining the strangeness of life as a fundamental existential psychology stressor: https://medium.com/@apokerplayer/thoughts-on-the-strangeness-of-life-as-a-fundamental-existential-psychology-stressor-b4d8f82f31b2
Terror management theories: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/terror-management-theory
Cognitive dissonance - see atlas of the heart
projected pain: emotional pain just like physical. E.g., you may feel sad about one thing while in reality this is not the real reason of the emotions.
joke about broken finger: « wherever I poke it hurts » - « your finger is broken »
About this project: Start page
