Express it Out!

[nityagupta]

Hi guys, hope you all are doing well. This week i had a painful prick while giving sample, on asking "is it paining really hard" i simply replied nah all okay. Later i find myself wondering when was the last time i truly shared the real extent of my pain ? Have we really programmed ourselves to keep our pain to ourselves ? I really wanted to cry like a baby but I couldn't because I can't afford that luxury anymore, some of the disadvantages of being a grown up. Why isn't okay to still have fear of the needle? why isn't it okay that till now i m not used to pain? why we need to programme ourselves that it doesn't ache anymore? It does, it really does. Physical pain is still there and most of us might be used to it but there comes a point when our endurance level breaks.We encounter a lot of complications on daily basis, and when was the last time we discussed it with our family, partner or friend?. I think this being a usual pattern, we have started keeping things to ourselves and at times that can be suffocating. It all got piled up and became an unwanted baggage. While preparing ourselves for other challenges we need to prepare ourselves for expressing it at times. Pain can become strength, but its when we keep it to ourself for a long time that it becomes the weakness. So do express your pain, do share your feelings once in a while. Sometimes its okay to not to feel okay. Its okay to open to somebody how we are feeling, how our body is feeling. When you open your heart out, especially in such situations , your heart opens up to so much more. It opens up to other elements around you. You may not get that physical comfort but at least you will feel light. Don't let your pain petrify you but let it empower you as don't let it become a baggage, vent it out frequently keep the baggage light. And most importantly Keep appreciating yourself. Keep appreciating your little steps no matter how small they are, forward is forward. Keep chelating and keep loving yourself. - Nitya Gupta

[moonshine]

Nice post. I myself have been thinking about pain recently, there's the physical pain but also just as importandt emotional pain. This pain is something which at times we will not recognize, and so it builds up within us leading to much unnecessary stress. It's best, from my experience, to take breaks and examine ourselves, see what's there and address it. Covering and hiding from our emotional pain is not going to help us...instead we should face it, accept it is there, feel it and vent if necessafy.As we realize this is there we should start workin on removing it, yet be gentle with ourselves.