“Healing from Within: The Physical Impact of Repressed Emotions”
Some illnesses manifest in the body due to repressed emotions — hidden heartaches or frustrations, things that we unconsciously or deliberately deny in our minds.
One of the biggest parts of the body affected is the heart. If we have painful memories or unresolved traumas in our minds, they will project themselves into the body. Just this week, aside from the food that caused severe allergic reactions, my body has been detoxifying. I repressed my heartache and frustration for so long that my body was shocked when I finally let go.
For nearly seven months now, I have been suffering from unrequited love — it caused me to dysregulate. I couldn’t manage my emotions because I was suppressing something. The ache I felt inside was too much. In my mind, I felt like there was nothing I could do. But at the very least, I should have been honest — I should have faced it.
When I finally faced it, I did something about it. Some of the painful heart palpitations that had been disturbing me for months stopped. However, the result was an intense detoxification process. When I confronted the problem all at once, all the pain and tension in my body were suddenly released. I felt lighter, but my body still suffered some after-effects as it released rashes — intense allergic reactions. I still consider this part of the cleansing process, a necessary step.
Nowadays, whenever I feel something, I check if it’s just because of food, diet, or the stress of my thoughts. This way, I don’t just rely on medicine. I pinpoint what’s wrong in my thinking to heal and avoid my body from breaking down completely.
When I was in college, heartaches were a little easier to handle because I would just blurt them out. I could easily express and communicate with them. But as we get older, facing heartaches becomes more difficult because we need to remain calm, collected, and professional. And that is what makes us sick. You need to put on a cheerful face and carry on even when you’re not okay — so as we age, the body begins to suffer and we experience all these physical symptoms. Suddenly, we have all sorts of ailments.
What I do know is that since I released it, spoke about it, and faced the problem, the detoxification process of the body will eventually end. The rashes will go away and my heart will begin healing. I do feel lighter, and soon, the rashes will completely go away.
If there are secrets we don’t want to face within ourselves, if we refuse to admit them to God, hiding poisons our body and mind. Remember to detoxify your feelings and be honest with yourself. Apart from medicine, being honest with ourselves and the Lord is what will heal us faster. If there is something we need to confess to the Lord Jesus Christ — now is the time to do so if we want to heal the body faster.