Posted by Partlycloudy on September 16, 2008, at 15:16:03
In reply to Re: My back has stopped hurting today. » Partlycloudy, posted by Phillipa on September 16, 2008, at 12:22:58
> PC that is great maybe you got some anger out and even though I don't hold grudges my back hurts on and off but mine is documented arthritic and probably spurs also. But my anger is at me. No one else just want to be who I was before and now I'm hyjacking your thread and that is not nice so my apologies. Have a great day and get some walking in as raining here and hope no rain there. Love Phillipa
No hijacking that I can see, Phillipa :-)
But there's still a connection between the anger and a physical problem in my book. My back issues are not in my head (I still need treatments and adjustments until I'm fully recovered, and hopefully I haven't suffered any damage to my lower back, but I don't yet know that) - but my unresolved and unexpressed anger helped to trigger these very real physical issues. That's the *real* mind/body connection; that our psychological state is powerful enough to contribute to real illnesses. And I know that's what was scaring the whatsis out of me about my anger and why I'm afraid of letting it out.So my next little piece of homework is to learn to let my anger out. My therapist suggested getting a kiddie punching bad (remember those blow up clowns with the sand in the bottom?), except I'm afraid that I'd give it one good whack and it would explode. But maybe I'm overestimating the outward physical power of my anger. To be honest, I'm so unfamiliar with how to safely express it - I've been either stuffing it or having it explode messily all this time - I'm not sure just how I will go about it.
Shredding a piece of paper in the style of a hamster comes to mind. Destructive but on a very small scale. I might start there.
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