#negative emotion

[theearthforce]

Sometimes, the only path to healing requires reviewing all the emotionally charged moments in life and making peace with them one by one.

I know it’s a tedious and often difficult process, but it's important because it allows us to release stored emotions. Unreleased negative emotions don’t simply vanish: they can resurface as stress, anxiety, depression, or even physical ailments. By releasing them, we make room for greater well-being.

This exercise also allows us to give new meaning to our past experiences. Some moments, though deeply painful at the time, can later offer valuable insight, self-understanding, and personal growth in retrospect.

From an energy-healing perspective, this practice helps us let go of lingering emotional energy and release energetic cords between us and the others involved. Now, we can associate the events with new energy of our choosing.

So, reviewing our life can be a powerful practice for well-being. I’ve been doing it for years, and I can’t recommend it enough.

[unillustratedadventures]

How Moods and Emotions Work (in Terms of Behavioural Economics)

1. Euphoria

Strong and/or reactive positive emotions =

gain up-valuation

increased emphasis of reward, gain, and opportunity

corresponding secondary, smaller de-emphasis of loss and risk

increase in the perceived likelihood and expected magnitude of rewards and gains

corresponding secondary, smaller decrease in the extent to which losses and risks are perceived

increase in (potentially false) identifications of rewards, gains, and opportunities

increased motivation and goal-formation, especially regarding short-term and exploratory, social, or hedonic goals

increased activity in pursuit of rewards and gains

increased outward exploratory activity

increased social activity

actual increase in the number, likelihood, and magnitude of phenomenological rewards and gains (i.e. pleasure and other intrinsically desirable, hedonic-euphoric feelings)

2. Anhedonia

Weak and/or nonreactive positive emotions =

gain down-valuation

decreased emphasis of reward, gain, and opportunity

decrease in the perceived likelihood and expected magnitude of rewards and gains

decrease in (potentially true) identifications of rewards, gains, and opportunities

decreased motivation and goal-formation, especially regarding short-term, exploratory, social, and hedonic goals

decreased activity in pursuit of rewards and gains

decreased outward exploratory activity

decreased social activity

actual decrease in the number, likelihood, and magnitude of phenomenological gains (i.e. pleasure and other intrinsically desirable, hedonic-euphoric feelings)

3. Dysphoria

Strong and/or reactive negative emotions =

loss up-valuation

increased emphasis of loss, risk, threat, and/or wrongdoing

corresponding secondary, smaller de-emphasis of reward, gain, and opportunity

increase in the perceived likelihood and expected magnitude of losses, risks, threats, and/or wrongs

corresponding secondary, smaller decrease in the extent to which rewards, gains, and opportunities are perceived

increase in (potentially false) identifications of losses, risks, threats, and/or wrongs

a. generally decreased motivation and goal-formation (connected to a sense of hopelessness or general expectation of risk) or b. increased avoidant motivation and goal-formation (towards preventing or avoiding losses, risks, or threats) and/or increased hostile motivation and goal-formation (towards accusing others, hurting or threatening others, or punishing or forcibly halting perceived wrongs or injustices)

a. generally decreased activity (behavioural inhibition, withdrawal, psychomotor retardation) or b. increased avoidant activity (activity to prevent or avoid perceived losses, risks, or threats) and/or increased hostile activity (accusing others, threatening or trying to hurt others, or trying to punish or forcibly halt perceived wrongs or injustices)

decreased outward exploratory activity

actual increase in the number, likelihood, and magnitude of phenomenological losses (i.e. in dysphoric feelings, which are intrinsically undesirable/noxious/aversive)

4. Apathy (Negative Emotional Apathy)

Weak and/or nonreactive negative emotions =

loss down-valuation

decreased emphasis of loss, risk, threat, and wrongdoing

decrease in the perceived likelihood and expected magnitude of losses, risks, threats, and wrongs

decrease in (potentially true) identifications of losses, risks, threats, and wrongs

decreased motivation and goal-formation, especially avoidant (towards preventing or avoiding losses, risks, or threats) and hostile (towards accusing others, hurting or threatening others, or punishing or forcibly halting perceived wrongs or injustices)

decreased avoidant activity (activity to avoid or prevent perceived losses, risks, or threats)

decreased hostile activity (accusing others, threatening or trying to hurt others, or trying to punish or forcibly halt perceived wrongs or injustices)

actual decrease in the number, likelihood, and magnitude of phenomenological losses (i.e. in dysphoric feelings, which are intrinsically undesirable/noxious/aversive)

[braverystood]

it is . . . overwhelmingly important to me that it’s made obvious how deeply neville feels anger, disgust, and a desire to settle a score / seek vengeance for what was done to his parents, and more broadly, what that attack stood to further / stood to protect, as we’re consistently told ( erroneously ) throughout the series that neville is weak, cowardly, shy, doormat-y and generally milquetoast-y, etc. and i have never in my life been chill abt a Nice Jewish Boy (tm) joint and i’m not about to start now

[jillbean9102]

Processing My Grief

I am still stuck in the words we use to classify grief and recovery. We have developed a whole culture around what grief should look like and by solidifying it with definitions, treatments, and diagnoses we have fenced ourselves and our pain into controllable, quantifiable confines. 

Complicated Grief has now been renamed Complex Persistent Grief Disorder. This diagnoses requires:

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[lawofattractionlife]

There is value in acknowledging negative emotion for 15 seconds but not more. In other words poke around at it with a stick til you're good and sure you know what it is, because until you can identify what you don't want, you cannot identify what you do want. But what most of you do, you poke around for 15 seconds, and then you poke around for 15 minutes, and then you talk to somebody about it, and then tomorrow you talk to somebody else about it, and then you start attracting television programs about it, and then you subscribe to newsletters about it, and then you join organizations about it, and then you form organizations about it, until pretty soon it's all you're talking about. You see you're trying to push against this bad thing that has happened or defend against this bad thing that happened, but all it is, is flowing energy toward something that you do not want. 15 seconds is quite enough.

Abraham-Hicks

[areyouanirishwitch]

Ice Banishment

As we go through the year, we collect negative feelings that mute our vibrations and build resentment. This is an accretion: the slow build up or collecting of layers. Like cholesterol in the heart, this emotional accretion blocks your channels and keeps your power from flowing. Now that we are in a new year, it may be the best time for you to banish that accumulation.

What you will need: 1. A medium sized bowl, preferably glass 2. 3 bay leaves 3. 2 - 3 cups of room temperature water 4. 5 ice cubes 5. Sandalwood incense and/or a white candle (in a safe holder)

Preparation

If it is part of your practice, cast a circle. As you sit with your ingredients before you, centre yourself. Ground yourself in the present moment by focusing on your breath, the sensations of your body, and your connection to the earth.

Casting

Begin by lighting the incense, candle, or both. Make sure the flame is just outside of your reach, as you will be moving your power hand and do not want to accidentally knock it over.

Next, pour the water into the bowl and add the ice cubes. Repeat with firm intent:

The old year sees completion I rid myself of accretion Strengthen the new with this one wish Negativity I banish

With your power hand, stir the water in a counterclockwise direction. Focus on sending negative feeling and emotions down your arm, past your fingers, and into the icy water. Continue stirring until you feel you have released the negativity built up over the last year. Withdraw your hand and drop the bay leaves into the swirling water to seal the banishment.

Allow the water to sit until the ice has melted. Extinguish your incense, candle, or both. Carefully take the bowl and its contents outside and to an area not walked over by others, pour out the water and bay leaves. Repeat the chant:

The old year sees completion I rid myself of accretion Strengthen the new with this one wish Negativity I banish

Notes Bay leaf: a sacred herb associated with Cerridwen and associated with the element of fire; it is commonly used in banishment spells Sandalwood: according to lore, sandalwood clears negativity and burning it in the form of incense brings protection and healing White candle: protection and purity

[theearthforce]

Sometimes, the thoughts or emotions we experience aren't truly ours, as they may come from our environment and other people.

One way to figure it out is to visualize a shield 🛡️ in front of you that blocks external influence. You might notice certain thoughts or feelings fade away.

Your sensitivity is your strength, and with practice, you can choose what you’re sensitive to! ✨

[pastel--core]

Worry