Emotions: Our Energy Record of Life Events
by All life events are recorded by our emotional self. These emotions are actually a form of energy that can be harnessed and used to gain control over events such as illness.
All life events are recorded not only in memory but also in the deep fissures of our emotional self. Our memory may wane over time, but our emotions are indelible and though at times hidden from consciousness they can influence our daily activities. We maintain our equilibrium throughout the day by guarding against all those emotions that would wreck havoc on day to day activities. Without that guarding mechanism, it would be difficult to get anything done. Can you imagine a heart surgeon attempting to operate if she were constantly reviewing the flood of emotions she experienced from last week’s argument with her mate? Most of us recognize when we are on emotional overload and take time out to allow the emotional floods to recede. As we proceed through life events the passage of time dulls the intensity of emotions and eventually they appear to have completely dissolved. Unfortunately, emotions never dissolve but are simply buried so deep that we no longer pay any attention to them and therefore believe they have no effect on our behavior. The problem is that they do have some control over our behavior but we simply don’t realize their influence. If the behavior is extremely maladaptive, such as overindulgence in alcohol, counseling (a sort of life review to uncover those hidden emotions), may become necessary to regain our equilibrium.
As our world changes our emotions become a record of those changes. As the intensity of those changes increases so does our emotional reactivity. When the change becomes part of the norm, the emotions tied to the change recede into the background. In other words what was originally a major life event change has now become the standard. As an example we may have an intense emotional reaction to moving from our old neighborhood, but within time our new home becomes comfortable and we would have an emotional reaction if we had to move from it. However, just because an emotion has receded does not mean that it loses it’s ability to influence our behavior. The above example of moving to a new neighborhood can easily produce “mixed emotions” when we attempt to define how we feel about a particular set of events. In this case, that old “intense emotional reaction” to having to move is still there even though we may have acquired an equally intense emotional attachment to our new neighborhood.
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