Visualize for a moment how your mind fills up, drips, like a glass bottle?And runoff only stops when the water overflows. If the image is familiar to you is because you know the feeling of emotional accumulation, you may call it stress or distress In this case, what is stress?Is it a physical buildup, is it an emotional accumulation?It is important to realize and recognize that we are saturated in order to get rid of this weight.
When we feel exhausted and mentally saturated, we have to stop, it is as if we carry a heavy burden on the mind, that anguish and lack of clarity indicates that we accumulate thoughts, emotions and doubts that we do not know how to let go. You have to let go to restart your mind and regain your balance.
- After months of responsibilities and worries.
- Vacations are time to hang up.
- And then you realize that there’s something that doesn’t allow you to relax.
- It’s proof that we’re living an emotional buildup and.
- Perhaps.
- That accumulation also affects the body.
However, accumulation doesn’t just happen with adults. In my consultations I usually treat 40-year-olds and 10-year-olds and, despite the age difference, they both express similar anxiety. For both, the treatment goes in the same direction: detect the accumulation and overcome it.
If we want to know why we see our minds as a glass bottle that is constantly filled, through drops and without giving ourselves respite, we are faced with another logical question: does this emotional accumulation have limits?
For some people the limit would be to put a cork in the bottle, however, controlling emotional accumulation does not disconnect us from stress, on the contrary, it strangles us and we can explode as we would in a bottle with no available space.
We don’t have much mind to fill ourselves with bottles and, above all, accumulation is useless. So why do we want to increase the endless accumulation? My patients’ answer to this question is “I don’t know, but I’m sick of it. “
You may have enough because you accumulate emotions in several ways
In short, our physical and cognitive abilities are affected when we are saturated, so it’s time to look for the right way out.
Managing the stress of accumulation involves finding emergency exits that empty the bottle. Management is not about control. We must gradually ease the mental burden in order to face and manage motivated labor and personal relationships.
These pathways of emotional decompression are like bubbles: small puffs that soothe and relieve stress. An excellent escape is to laugh with people who share our sense of humor.
Physical activity also helps us eliminate emotional accumulation. Running, walking, swimming or, in the case of children, playing football, skating or any other activity they like that are not chosen by their parents.
The company of our family and friends, which we can enjoy at dinner, lunch or coffee, connects us to pleasant sensations, in this sense, creating a space of mental comfort with our family makes us feel accompanied and valued.
In a state of emotional accumulation, we end up being lonely and helpless, if we think about what led to mental saturation and stress, we will see that there is social pressure to earn more money and status, or to get better grades, or do most things right.
In this competitive society, we must worry about managing our emotions and improving communication with others to feel loved and understood. This sense of belonging to a group can prevent our deterioration due to emotional accumulation.
By preventing stress, we also take care of our health, both physical and mental, prevent the onset of diseases and create a healthier and happier society.