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Mental Health
Emotions, Dark Tulpas, and Somatic Outcomes
You have likely heard that what you seek also seeks you, or what you fear most comes your way. Suppressed thoughts manifests in the body, often as illness.
Imagine the you discovered the water heater is leaking. What happens if you ignore it? When your body aches, it’s telling your something. The more you ignore it, the louder it usually gets. Behind that aches is likely also a thought. When you ignore or suppress thoughts, they usually manifest in the body. Where else would you imagine they would go?
Humans are rivers, not puddles. Don’t drink from the puddles; find a river, over the rocks. We need to move things. If you need to cry, cry. If you have a thought, find a way to express it, in art, in music, in prose or poetry. You can have and express negative thoughts and emotions in healthy ways.
Having a negative emotion or thought is not you being or doing bad. It’s just an emotion. It’s just a thought. You are not the emotion or the thought. You are the person experiencing the emotion or thought.
You wouldn’t get a mad at a storm for raining, would you? Why would you be mad at yourself for experiencing rain? And so, if you have an emotion or…
