What causes emotional intensity?
The causes are complicated and may include: a combination of life events, psychological experiences and effects, and genetic factors. A lot of people with emotional intensity have experienced problems during their childhood. These could include neglect, or physical, sexual or emotional abuse.
How long do emotions usually last?
Did you know that most emotions last 90 seconds? Emotions come and go; however, feelings can last a long time!
Can someone live without emotions?
Despite the name, the real problem for people with alexithymia isn’t so much that they have no words for their emotions, but that they lack the emotions themselves. Still, not everyone with the condition has the same experiences. Some have gaps and distortions in the typical emotional repertoire.
Do emotional wounds heal?
The emotional work can often take longer to heal than the physical, depending on the challenge. Working to heal wounds is hard, sometimes taking years to discover the layers of pain, peel them back and work them out so they don’t continue to affect recovery.
How does emotional healing happen?
Emotional healing involves integration of the fragmented parts of our soul to help us, not only understand a past experience, but to resolve it fully, so that it has no emotional response whatsoever. With emotional healing, the past traumatic experience will no longer control our thoughts, feelings and emotions.
Is crying a sign of healing?
Crying makes us feel better, even when a problem persists. In addition to physical detoxification, emotional tears heal the heart. You don’t want to hold tears back.
Does crying heal the brain?
Crying may not be a blockbuster drug, but the latest research suggests it’s highly effective at healing, and that it improves the mood of 88.8 per cent of weepers, with only 8.4 per cent feeling worse.
Is crying a sign of PTSD?
Many people experience symptoms after a traumatic event, such as crying, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating, but this is not necessarily PTSD. Prompt treatment with a qualified professional can help prevent the symptoms from getting worse.
What are some PTSD triggers?
Triggers can include sights, sounds, smells, or thoughts that remind you of the traumatic event in some way. Some PTSD triggers are obvious, such as seeing a news report of an assault. Others are less clear. For example, if you were attacked on a sunny day, seeing a bright blue sky might make you upset.
What are examples of PTSD?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- domestic or family violence, dating violence.
- community violence (shooting, mugging, burglary, assault, bullying)
- sexual or physical abuse.
- natural disaster such as a hurricane, flood, fire or earthquake.
- a serious car accident.
- sudden unexpected or violent death of someone close (suicide, accident)