Emotional Suppression & Physical Disease with Dr. G
Emotional Suppression & Physical Disease with Dr. G
Source: Heal Thy Self with Dr. G #88 (Listen: 14 min)
Contributor: Selena Garcia
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“We do so much to hold back our emotions that it creates so much tension within us, and it’s that environment where disease thrives.” – Dr. G
14 minutes is all you need for this potent punch. The full podcast is 59 minutes, but Dr. Christian Gonzalez (Dr. G) opens with this piece on Emotional Suppression and Physical Disease. Are you an emotional suppressor or repressor?
Overall it's a super brief understanding of how the body handles stress and, in essence, how it can lay the foundation for disease. Hypertension? Palpitations? Psoriasis? IBS? Weakness? Pain? Fatigue? Headaches? Dizziness? Pseudo-seizures? Pelvic pain? Sexual disfunction? Infertility? Respiratory system? Not even scratching the surface here, and it’s something you can look into with your doctor.
So what are some solutions? Just hit play. And though we link to Apple Podcasts here, you'll find it on several platforms if you Google it.
“If you’re an emotional suppressor, I want you to learn that there are ways to express emotion in a healthy way, to know that it’s safe.” – Dr. G
(1:16) “Emotional suppression, it’s a regulation strategy. When some folks are basically faced with stress, they utilize their emotional suppression mechanism to avert themselves from an outlet of releasing this stress.”
(2:10) “EQ is really the overall way we handle emotions. This is emotional intelligence. How do we handle our emotions? Are we aware of it? Do we regulate them? And do we express our emotions in a healthy way?... If you’re an emotional suppressor, I want you to learn that there are ways to express emotion in a healthy way, to know that it’s safe.
(4:17) “We do so much to hold back our emotions that it creates so much tension within us, and it’s that environment where disease thrives.”
LISTEN, HERE (14 min)
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