How can we get fear out of our body? Anger seems easy. Hit the pillow, squeeze the towel. But fear, one thing that comes to mind is to run short sprints. But what if my fear is of health issues? I’ve been dealing with some unexplained bone and joint pain and the idea to run also makes me afraid of injuring myself and ending up with new or worse pain. Just sitting with fear and taming it sometimes works but feels like it is only keeping it under the surface. I would like to move it out of my body
Call Tag: follow impulse
What to do when just people in general that you encounter seem like characters from your past?” Like your landlord reminds you of your third grade teacher or your boss is echoing patterns from your father. Why?
I have had a desire since I started working on myself, maybe before, to quit my job and work in a retail admin position somewhere. There is something about a physical job or something with minimal responsibility that appeals to me. Is this an impulse I need to follow or is it a flight response? I found it very hard to work full time my entire life so far, and found this hard in itself.
When I wake up, and I’m still in bed, and evenings when I fall asleep, I have uncomfortable pins and needles that arise, kind of nerve pains in my feet and hands. It’s automatic. I try to welcome the sensations without feeding the fear, but it always comes back like a Pavlov response. Most of the time, either I have trouble falling asleep or when I wake up in bed, I always have to come out quickly to not increase the sensations. What could I do to reduce it and not have those sensations anymore?
“My question is about following your impulse. I totally understand the idea behind it, but I also know that in meditation, like Vipassana for instance, it is being said to sit and let the sensations come up and dissolve, instead of acting on them. For instance, an urge to move your leg, that will finally go away. I know you practice Vipassana as well, so how do you relate to this? What to do in a Vipassana retreat, follow my impulse or not?