I set a timer for ten minutes.
Set and sat.
Sat and felt.
Felt my emotions for ten minutes.
Excruciating.
Why?
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Because you decided you didn't like your emotions or that they shouldn't be there in some way.
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Hm. Some emotions are excruciating no matter the attitude you take towards them, IME.
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Perhaps. I am not great at letting bad emotions pass through without getting involved, so for me my point above is somewhat theoretical.
But I believe that it is possible for 'bad' emotions to just pass through without second order judgement that would make them worse.
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I'm not sure we're disagreeing, here.
My point is that some feelings cause quite the ruckus as they pass through, and can go on for quite a while.
Whether or not you start engaging with it, it kind of sucks. Sometimes to the point of feeling excruciating.
What do you think?
Yes that's fair, I think it might depend on how you define excruciating. In theory even strongly negative emotions are just physical movements through the body, so I wonder if removing the judgement of 'bad' would.make them not excruciating.
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I don't know.
I've stepped on a nail or grieved a loss enough times in my life to feel that this is somewhat underselling body sensations as a phenomenon.
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