Technique to Help Recover from Loss, Pain, Anxiety and Depression

Negative emotions can be very scary, especially when they are powerful and deep. Some people fear they will be overtaken if they let themselves embrace these emotions, that they will be knocked down and unable to recover, so they try to suppress, repress, hold them in, ignore.
The problem is, the negativity remains, it is buried, but pulsating and growing in power, draining you, limiting your ability to feel happy and whole.

What has helped my clients and me work through difficult painful emotions, is understanding that emotions are like ocean waves. They can appear large and scary, but they always have a beginning, a peak, and an end when they ebb away.

While standing firm with your back to the wave might let you momentarily pretend it isn't there, not facing it will ultimately cause the painful wave to knock you on your face, leaving you bruised with a mouthful of sand.

If instead you swim out deep and face the wave, take your feet off the ground and float, and ride the wave and let it peak, it will eventually lessen in strength and lead you back to the shore, where you can get back on your feet again, tired, but alive and ready to move on and fill that space with joy and gratitude instead.

Whenever fear, anger, or hurt start encroaching into your consciousness, I encourage you to allow it in, to breathe deeply and let yourself feel it fully, let yourself cry if you need to, don't fight it.
If you let yourself feel it and embrace it, it will peak in strength, and then eventually fade away, since it cannot sustain itself at that level for long.

If something traumatic has happened, these waves may come on more than once, sometimes more than once a day.  Each time they come, remember the ocean waves, let go and let it through you. Over time, the tides will change, and the pain will lessen. This is called processing your emotions.

When I had a miscarriage a few years back, I cried through waves of horrible pain multiple times a day for about a week before the pain lifted and breathing became more comfortable again, without feeling a heavy weight on my chest. I have clients that have never let that kind of pain through them, and they still feel the loss of a baby from many years ago as if it happened today.

If you feel pain from an event in your past as if it just happened, you have unprocessed stuck emotions that need to come through you.
When the feelings come, let them through, breathe and release your body to the waves of emotion. You will get back on your feet again. 

Love Dr. G


Brooke Goldner, M.D.
The Vegan Medical Doctor
VeganMedicalDoctor.com

Dr. Brooke Goldner is board certified in psychiatry and neurology, and helps clients recover from trauma, anxiety and depression using Skype and phone to see them in the comfort of their own homes.
She is certified in plant-based nutrition. 10 years ago, she healed herself of a deadly disease, Lupus, entirely with her nutrition protocol. She now used her healing protocol to teach clients how to use simple Supermarket foods to heal their bodies and live vibrant lives.
To learn more about Dr. G, go to VeganMedicalDoctor.com.