Radical Vulnerability
The conversation delves into the impact of childhood trauma on emotional expression, highlighting a struggle with suppression of feelings. The speaker reflects on how early relocations intertwined with emotional turmoil led to a reliance on alcohol as a coping mechanism. Through candid storytelling, the journey toward embracing vulnerability and confronting deep-seated emotions is explored, revealing the complexities of healing and self-discovery.In this clip
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How do negative experiences, such as being told at a young age or into adulthood how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad), get encoded into our brains, and how does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in the episode Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave, the episode #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, the clip Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence, and the clip Permission to Feel.
An important nuance would be that alcohol may open up repressed thoughts or feelings
How do negative experiences, such as being told how we should feel (e.g., feeling ashamed or not being allowed to feel sad) at a young age or into adulthood, get encoded into our brains? How does not having permission to feel our real, biological emotions impact our future decisions? This was discussed in the episodes Tools for Overcoming Substance & Behavioral Addictions | Ryan Soave, #614: Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, the clip Embracing Pain's Gift from the episode Dr. Marc Brackett: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence, and the clip Permission to Feel.