Hi Seth. I’m having difficulty with my vision, particularly in the left eye, which seems to go out of focus. Occasionally it spreads to both eyes. I’m struggling to know what to do when it happens, and I tend to panic, which I know isn’t helpful. Wondered if you have any advice.
Call Tag: tension
“I have a serious procrastination problem bordering on ergophobia. When I start working, I become activated. My heart rate increases, I have tension in my head, my mind becomes constricted, making it tough and unpleasant to work and write. However, I know that when my mind is relaxed and without fear, I can do good work. I like working, but I do not know how to get to that state. Please advise
I’m having trouble staying with the sensations in my body. A lot of fear comes up when I do this. There must be something wrong with me. The start of a disease or a health concern. I suspect this is related to preverbal trauma and just not feeling safe in my body. Do you have any suggestions on how to deal with this?
So, many questions to do with different things around shame and disgust. A couple things that were in common with these questions were people talking about experiencing tension in the gut related to shame or humiliation. One who even had gastritis following an incident where they felt really humiliated.
“Is there anything specific I can do for tightness in my neck that keeps occurring with constriction only on the right side? It occurred a couple of minutes into the kidney practice today, followed by a sense of panic rising. I paused, oriented, shifted attention between my neck and safety in my body.”
“I found the basic joints exercise helpful and even pleasant to do, possibly because it took my attention away from the deep seeded tension in my face and throat, in particular. My breathing feels constrained by the chronic tension in my throat in an ingrained pattern of shallow breathing, holding my breath for no apparent reason. What are some ways to begin working on relaxing the muscles in the throat to breathe and talk more freely?”
All right. So lots of questions about what to do with activation. Again there’s too many for me to answer individually. So I want to talk in general about what to do with activation when it shows up.
And there can be a physical thing, like physical injuries. Someone asked about, they started doing orienting with the neck for a few days. And then started to get severe pain in the neck and arms, and thoughts of having a slipped disc again.
Your answer to my question last round made me realize deserving wasn’t my issue. So this was talking about do we deserve to heal? Do we feel like we deserve to heal? “Strong survival strategies got me to my seventh decade.