How to release mentally and emotionally

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Emotional baggage is a term used to describe the phenomenon of someone carrying a large amount of negative emotions from past traumas, stress in life,... Emotional release Exposure at this time is extremely necessary to limit dangerous complications related to nerves.

1. What is emotional release?

It's not uncommon for someone to cry during a serious practice of yoga, acupuncture or massage, this is an expression of emotional release. According to experts, emotions are constantly generated subconsciously or consciously in response to triggering memories as well as unattained goals. Each emotion will be released in its own way through physical behavioral expression.
For example, when you are too happy or too miserable, you may cry. When scared, the body will also have certain physical reactions. However, when these emotions cannot be developed into physical expression, it is called emotional entrapment.
These trapped emotions will accumulate into a “pocket full” causing heavy pressure on the nervous system. Therefore, if you do not have timely mental relief solutions, they will cause dangerous mental illnesses, especially depression.

2. What emotions are easily trapped?

Emotions are classified into 5 main groups:
Negative: Shame, stress, anger. Positive: Love, pride, happiness. Cognition: Involves problems with attention and perception. Psychosomatic diseases, somatic states. Emotional equilibrium through homeostasis. Each emotion has its own storage areas in the body such as:
Happiness is stored throughout the body, this explains why when we have good news, we tend to show it outside. out through singing, physical activities, or public announcements. Anger is stored in the upper body, including the head, hands and chest, so whenever feeling angry, chest pain, hand tremors continuously occur. Fear, stress, and sadness: These states are all stored mainly in the chest and abdomen. It can be seen that people who are constantly worried will be prone to digestive problems,... The vast majority of emotions that are often stagnant and do not manifest outwardly are negative emotions, including:
indignant and angry. Stress, anxiety. Depression. Tired, depressed... All these emotions bring harmful energy to people. Not only cause psychological problems, they can also destroy tissue and block the functioning of organs and endocrine system.

3. How to release emotions?

It can be seen that the suppression of emotions, especially negative emotions, can cause psychological complications as well as adverse effects on human health. Therefore, learning how to release emotions is gradually becoming important, when in modern society, people face greater pressure.
3.1. Acknowledge Your Emotions The more you understand your emotional world, the more likely you are to release those emotions in a healthy way.
Therefore, this is the first step you must take: Connect and understand your inner self. The vast majority of people who have difficulty with mental release and emotional balance have no idea what their emotions are.
According to a 2007 study, identifying negative emotions helps reduce the accumulation and stagnation of these emotions.
3.2. Overcoming trauma from the past Usually, bad memories cause a lot of mental harm, but it is difficult to forget them, especially childhood traumas, including:
Abuse mentally, emotionally, physically or sexually. Abandoned. Being separated from parents or carers. Bereavement. Bullying, ostracism, isolation... To get over trauma, especially childhood trauma, it's important to allow yourself to grieve and accept the reality of what happened. And there's nothing you can do to change that.
Most people dwell on the past because they regret, get angry and feel uncomfortable when thinking of the two words "if only". It is this emotion that makes them unable to escape the negativity that the past brings. Therefore, you need to take a more sober look, accept the bad reality of the past, try to be better for your present and future.
3.3. Movement Exercises Moving and feeling yourself is a way to release the mental or emotional residue in your body. According to experts, this method reaches most parts of the body, especially the chest and abdomen, where negative emotions are stored.
Some movement exercises such as yoga, abdominal breathing exercises, walking, meditation, ... can support effective mental release.

3.4. See a psychologist As mentioned above, the inability to identify emotions is one of the causes of emotional stagnation in the body. At this point, a psychotherapist can be extremely helpful to you. Confiding and sharing life's problems with an expert will help you quickly balance your personal emotions, and at the same time improve the daily stress in life.
It can be said that mental clearance and emotional balance are becoming more and more important when people face a series of problems in life. Not only helps the spirit become refreshed and relaxed, emotional release activities are also a way to "make room" to welcome new positive energy, making your life easier and lighter.

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Reference sources: verywellmind.com, healthline.com