Draginvry
02-16-2011, 12:54 AM
I've been experimenting with foods and their effects on the body for years. One thing I noticed is that foods also seem to affect the emotions. I will get into a certain emotional state that is difficult to break out of unless I do some serious fasting/detox. It seems that the degree of toxicity has an effect on the emotions.
According to my data, I can list these emotions in terms of most toxic to least toxic:
1) Fear
2) Guilt
3) Shame
4) Embarrassment
5) Anger
6) Obsession
7) Dominance/Submission (these are two ways of expressing the same emotion)
8) Withdrawal (not wanting to do/engage anything)
9) Love
10) Joy (essentially the same thing as Love, but with more exuberance)
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For example: if you feel like you need to control everything in life, you would be projecting level 7 - Dominance. If you can't bring yourself to enjoy anything in life you are projecting level 8 - Withdrawal and non-expression.
One of the reasons so many diets fail (other than being physically impractical) is because they only focus on the physical aspects and not on the emotional ones. How much weight will one lose if their emotions are always in the dumpster? How long will they stick to a diet if they constantly feel guilt and shame for being overweight? They won't stick to a diet for any significant period of time. It has been my experience that the people who will stay on a diet or exercise plan are the people who are prepared to change their outlook on life, and NOT just change the way the body looks.
Mastering the emotions is just as important as diet. Many people focus too much on the physical, and get stopped by the emotional aspects of change. If someone isn't very good at controlling their emotions, then some or all of these emotions will present themselves during any given detox regime. The less control and acceptance that they have over these emotions, the more difficult it will be to change them. Acceptance always comes before change. It is important to accept how you are, and then choose to be different.
According to my data, I can list these emotions in terms of most toxic to least toxic:
1) Fear
2) Guilt
3) Shame
4) Embarrassment
5) Anger
6) Obsession
7) Dominance/Submission (these are two ways of expressing the same emotion)
8) Withdrawal (not wanting to do/engage anything)
9) Love
10) Joy (essentially the same thing as Love, but with more exuberance)
---------------------------
For example: if you feel like you need to control everything in life, you would be projecting level 7 - Dominance. If you can't bring yourself to enjoy anything in life you are projecting level 8 - Withdrawal and non-expression.
One of the reasons so many diets fail (other than being physically impractical) is because they only focus on the physical aspects and not on the emotional ones. How much weight will one lose if their emotions are always in the dumpster? How long will they stick to a diet if they constantly feel guilt and shame for being overweight? They won't stick to a diet for any significant period of time. It has been my experience that the people who will stay on a diet or exercise plan are the people who are prepared to change their outlook on life, and NOT just change the way the body looks.
Mastering the emotions is just as important as diet. Many people focus too much on the physical, and get stopped by the emotional aspects of change. If someone isn't very good at controlling their emotions, then some or all of these emotions will present themselves during any given detox regime. The less control and acceptance that they have over these emotions, the more difficult it will be to change them. Acceptance always comes before change. It is important to accept how you are, and then choose to be different.