Letting Go

Question 1

Way we usually deal with letting go

Answer 1

1. Suppress
2. Express
3. Escape

Question 2

Supressing painful emotions

Answer 2

A habit we do all the time

“Walk it off” “stuff it down” “ suffer through it”

These feelings accumulate in a reservoir of painful emotions

Question 3

Express and vent painful emotions

Answer 3

At some point you vent

Expressing them does not free them

You don’t get rid of all of it

Question 4

Escape painful emotions

Answer 4

Diversion, entertainment, distraction, sex, binging, social media, substances, frantic activity

The goal is not to try to escape, there is no escape, face and name emotions, find the source, let it’s power go

Question 5

How to let go

Answer 5

1. Be aware of what you want to let go of (sensation, feeling, thoughts leave after)
2. Stay with it without dualism, feel it fully
3. Let it come up and release its energy

Release the control and power that the offending person and situation have had in your life