Emotional tension and muscle tension

[Teacher]

Feelings, emotions and worldview affect the physical body, health and well-being. The body, like a mirror, reflects our psycho-emotional state. We carry out self-diagnostics and identify foci of muscle tension and power units. After eliminating the causes, you can cope with the consequences.

The reason for the increase in muscle tension in people is constant mental and emotional stress. Conduct a self-diagnosis ... Reflect, the mind and body are one, each trait of a person's character has a corresponding physical posture.

The character is expressed in the body in the form of muscle rigidity (excessive muscle tension, from the Latin rigidus - hard) or muscular shell.
Chronic stress blocks the energy flows that underlie strong emotions;

Blocked emotions cannot be expressed and form specific clots of memories with a strong emotional charge of the same quality, which contain condensed experiences and related fantasies from different periods of a person's life.

Removing muscle tension releases significant energy, which manifests itself in the form of a feeling of warmth or cold, tingling, itching, or emotional uplift. Purity is a state of modern man. The imposed ideals of material well-being and comfort, the conditions for their achievement, orientation towards the end result, and not towards life at the moment - keep people in constant tension. Hence, muscle clamps> spasm of blood vessels> hypertension, osteochondrosis, peptic ulcer and much more.

Everything else is secondary reasons.

The function of the muscle carapace is to protect against displeasure. However, the body pays for this protection by decreasing its capacity for pleasure.

The muscular carapace is formed into seven conditional segments, consisting of muscles and organs. These segments are located in the eyes, mouth, neck, chest, diaphragm, abdomen and pelvis.

Elimination of muscle clamps is achieved through:
- accumulation of energy in the body; - direct effect on chronic muscle blocks (massage); - the expression of the released emotions, which are revealed at the same time; - spontaneous movements, dance therapy, relaxation exercises, yoga, qigong, holotropic breathing, etc.

1. Eyes. The protective carapace is manifested in the immobility of the forehead and the "empty" expression of the eyes, which seem to be looking from behind the immovable mask. Dilution is done by opening the eyes as wide as possible to engage the eyelids and forehead; gymnastics for the eyes.

2. Mouth. This segment includes the muscle groups of the chin, throat, and occiput. The jaw can be either too tight or unnaturally relaxed. The segment holds the expression of crying, screaming, anger. Muscle tension can be relieved by imitating crying, lip movements, biting, grimacing and massaging the muscles of the forehead and face.

3. Neck. Includes deep neck muscles and tongue. The muscle block is mainly held back by anger, screaming and crying. A direct effect on the muscles in the depths of the neck is impossible, therefore, screaming, singing, gagging, protruding the tongue, tilting and rotating the head, etc., can eliminate the muscle clamp.

4. Thoracic segment: broad muscles of the chest, muscles of the shoulders, shoulder blades, chest and arms. Laughter, sadness, passion are held back. Holding your breath is a means of suppressing any emotion. The carapace is unraveled by work on the breath, especially by the exercise of a full exhalation.

5. Aperture. This segment includes the diaphragm, solar plexus, internal organs, muscles of the vertebrae at this level. The carapace is expressed in the forward curvature of the spine. Exhalation is more difficult than inhalation (as in bronchial asthma). The muscle block keeps intense anger. One needs to pretty much dissolve the first four segments before moving on to dissolving this.

6. Belly. Abdominal and back muscles. The tension in the lumbar muscles is associated with the fear of attack. Muscle clamps on the sides are associated with the suppression of anger, dislike. Opening of the carapace in this segment is relatively easy if the upper segments are already open.

7. The pelvis. The last segment includes all the muscles of the pelvis and lower extremities. The stronger the muscle spasm, the more the pelvis is pulled back. The gluteal muscles are tense and sore. The pelvic shell serves to suppress arousal, anger, pleasure.

Muscle clamp sectors:

NECK ZONE. The neck is a very important area, a kind of barrier, and a bridge between the conscious (head) and the unconscious (body). The rationality inherent in Western culture sometimes forces us to rely too much on our own mind. According to studies that have studied how people perceive their body, the size of the head in the internal representation takes on average 40-60% of the body size (while objectively, anatomically - about 12%). Such a "skew" is caused by excessive mental activity, incessant "mental chatter", which gives the feeling that the head is full, and it is impossible to recover or relax. At the same time, the texts generated by the head “do not reach” the body, and the body is simply ignored by the consciousness - a situation of “separateness” arises, a kind of “Professor Dowell's head”. In this case,

There is also the opposite version of the “neck barrier”: sensations in the body exist, and are quite bright, but they are not interpreted, do not reach the level of awareness. This situation is characterized by various pains of psychosomatic genesis, paresthesia, etc., the reasons for which the person does not understand.

THROAT ZONE. Localized in the region of the jugular notch and is associated with the blocking of emotions. It reflects the problems of interaction with other people (communication) or with oneself (authenticity). Such a block can arise if a person finds himself in a situation where it is impossible to admit to himself some unpleasant truth or to do something that threatens to violate his identity (“if I do this, it will not be me”). This zone also reflects the impossibility, the prohibition on the realization of some important truths (that is, the prohibition on pronouncing a meaningful text or the prohibition on certain actions: “if I say / do it, it will not be me”). Long-standing problems in this area threaten the development of diseases of the thyroid gland, asthma, bronchopulmonary disorders.

THE MIDDLE OF THE BONE. This area is located behind the protruding bone of the sternum, below the jugular notch, and the area of resentment is localized in it. Subjectively, sensations here can be perceived as a lump, ball, clot, "stone on the heart." In this case, there really is an overload of the pericardial canal, cardiac disorders occur. For a person with such a problem, a specific facial expression is also characteristic - pronounced nasolabial folds, lowered corners of the lips - all this adds up to a mask of distrust in the world, resentment.

BREAST CENTER. According to the Eastern tradition, in the middle of the chest at the level of the heart is the heart chakra, anahata - the focus of love and emotional openness to the world. If there is no place for love in a person's life, then another basic feeling arises - longing, which causes a pulling, sucking sensation in this area. Clients may also describe it as the presence of a callous, compressed, cold, dark "substance." The defeat of this zone, as a rule, is associated with large-scale psychological trauma received in childhood - first of all, with the coldness of the parents, child abandonment, etc.

DIAPHRAGM ZONE. Captures the area of the diaphragmatic muscles and the epigastric region. In body-oriented therapy, this area is associated with blocking, the prohibition of the expression of any emotion, good or bad. Also, fears of financial distress and social maladjustment are rooted here. When working with this area, you may feel drawn in even with a voluminous stomach. The tension here is similar to the sensation after a blow "under the breath" - breathing becomes less deep, emotions, crying, laughter "freeze". The body's defensive reaction to the formation of a clamp (which is associated with stagnation of blood, lymph, etc.) is often the formation of a fat pad. Also, psychosomatic stomach ulcers, liver problems (in China, the liver was considered a source of anger), and gallbladder often occur. A clamp in the diaphragmatic zone is typical for people who seek to control everything, keep to yourself. Typical for them are such speech patterns as “I cannot allow myself to do this,” “I have to pay for all the pleasures,” and so on. Such people also tend to constantly discuss what is happening, generate mental constructs, and see life through the prism of schemes.

NEGATIVE ZONE. This is the zone of fear, which corresponds to the so-called "Reich belt", which includes the projection of the kidneys. The Chinese called the kidneys a "graveyard of emotions" and a source of cold. After working in this area (and here long "squeezing" movements are used), the client may feel the redistribution of cold throughout the body.

PELVIC CLAMP. From the back it is the area of the sacrum, buttocks, iliac crests, in front - the lower abdomen and inner thighs. Reich associated the pelvic clamp with blocked sexuality. If, as a result of sexual life, there is no deep discharge, giving a sense of integrity, then there is deep spasticity, fat, congestion in the pelvic area. In the presence of a pelvic clamp, many techniques for working with fat deposits are ineffective, since, as already mentioned, they are formed as a protective reaction of the body. Frontal clamp - (neurostenic helmet), with constant, prolonged stress, general fatigue.

Jaw clamp - jaws are compressed (aggression)
Neck area - degitality - concentration of sensations, ambivalence, duality.
Chest clamp - Bronchitis, asthma, the zone of conflict between want and need.
The middle of the chest is the zone of resentment.
Diaphragmatic clamp - blocks emotions (keeps everything in itself, psychosis zone).
Fear Zone - Fear affects the kidneys and bladder.
Pelvic Clamp - Lower abdomen, gluteal muscles.

Hope you enjoyed it.

 

[Brother]

Emotional endurance​

Often, the conflict is not resolved, but only aggravated due to the emotional type of dispute. It is the tone of the conversation that negates the possibilities of constructive dialogue. Although all parties involved in the conflict experience emotional stress, this is not a reason to talk in a raised voice, not to choose expressions, to be categorical and categorical.
The most important thing in conflict is control of emotions: it is as even tone as possible, restrained accuracy in statements and thoughtful choice of words. Watch for the absence of outward manifestation of even a hint of irritation.
It is easy to break off if one of the conflicting parties makes groundless accusations and ridiculous claims, insults and demands things that are obviously unfavorable for the other side. Because emotions make it difficult to understand what exactly prompts a person to act in this way.

The following program of actions helps:
1. If the person's response is inadequate and contrary to common sense, switch from an emotional assessment of his behavior. And look for the answer to the question: what underlying problems or needs may it reflect? You may actually be deeply indifferent to why he behaves on the verge of permissible. But it remarkably switches from the desire to respond to the search for rational reasons for such "interesting" behavior. That is, it includes logic.
2. Look at the situation through his eyes: how can he see it from his position, what can he think about the situation as a whole and about your role in it?
3. See yourself through the eyes of another person: maybe you did something that is extremely unpleasant for him, he does not understand something and is angry? If you do not allow yourself to slip into the experience of unpleasant emotions because of his behavior, but start thinking about the emotional reactions of your opponent, you can easily regain control over your emotions.

This will help the rules for controlling emotions in communication:
1. The rule of an impersonal dispute: claims should not go into the hanging of labels that are not very different from insults;
2. Do not judge a person as a person as a whole by one quality, or by his behavior in one particular situation. He could have just lost it.
3. To enable a person to express their point of view on the situation, on the painful aspect of the problem. Don't interrupt it. While he has something to say - let him speak.
4. Look for where and in what you can agree with him. That is, to translate the conflict into a constructive channel.
5. Even before the start of the showdown, decide what you personally want for the future: to prove your innocence, at the cost of spoiled or even broken relations, or to retain the ability to communicate after getting out of the conflict.
6. The argumentation of the provisions put forward by you should not be based on someone's private opinion (even a very authoritative one), but on concrete facts.
7. Do not avoid eye contact with the interlocutor, this stimulates both to choose expressions, although you should not stare at each other point-blank either - you can provoke a fight! Do not shorten the distance or increase it unnecessarily, position yourself in space at a certain angle, and not directly opposite each other.
8. Do not make contact while the opponent is busy with other things. If he sees that he needs to postpone all his affairs in order to resolve the issue with you, because of this alone, he will involuntarily be imbued with some respect for you as a strong person. And in a conflict, this always plays into your hands and a deterrent for him.
9. In the course of the conversation, consistently carry out the main idea. Do not resolve all controversial issues in one conversation.
10. Do not provoke the interlocutor from the very first minutes to look for counterarguments in their defense and to take a defensive position. To do this, do not start clarifying the situation with the most painful and difficult zones of your problems with your opponent. From the point of view of psychology, this is a mistake.
11. In a conflict, focus your attention not on the form, but on the content of what the opponent says and what you yourself say. What is important here, not how.
12. Ask more clarifying questions. This will show the other side that you want to understand the reasons for the misunderstanding, and not quarrel.
13. If the opponent is right, admit it immediately and completely.
14. Answer his arguments first, then bring up your own. It will be a dialogue.
15. Take into account the personality traits of the opponent: adjust your pace of argumentation to the peculiarities of the partner's temperament. Do not speak at a fast pace with a slow conversation partner. Conversely, do not speak too long and slowly with impulsive
16. Use evidence-based reasoning rather than counter-argumentation.
The first is the substantiation of their views and the consistency of conclusions.
The second is the refutation of the views and conclusions of the opponent.
17. Use simple, precise and clear concepts. Do not confuse anyone with cumbersome phrases and obscure terms.
18. Make sure your arguments and facts are credible and easily verifiable.
19. Remember: excessive persuasiveness causes resistance, and 1-2 accurate arguments reach the goal.
20. Follow the thread of the conversation, do not pull phrases out of context and suppress it from the opposing side.
21. Watch your breathing and muscle tension. In the most unpleasant moments of the conversation, be as relaxed as possible and breathe deeply and calmly, then your opponent will not be able to drag you into a scandal, no matter how hard he tries.
These are very simple and effective ways to extinguish the growing emotional tension in the conflict and to show emotional restraint.

 

[raymodart]

It's sad because many countries don't take mental health issues seriously. Adults should pay more attention to their mental and body health. I remember having this random muscle tension in my neck and legs, but I blamed it on work. The pain was increasing, I would have it more than once a day, and that's when I started getting scared and decided to see my doctor. He told me it would be a good idea to start working out to calm my mind. And, of course, it would be good for the body too, as they are connected. I started this journey, and I became obsessed with taking care of myself. I was buying supplements from rats army to build my muscles, and I felt so good. Needless to say, my pain was gone within a month or two...