This is a deeper dive into my track,
Body Affirmations,
High Blood Pressure.
Carolyn Miss,
In her book,
The Creation of Health,
Says,
Every illness or dysfunction a person develops is an indication of a specific type of emotional,
Psychological,
Or spiritual stress.
Each of the characteristics of an illness,
Such as its location in the physical body,
Is symbolically important.
Put another way,
Emotions should flow through us the way they flow through a healthy child.
Resisted,
They show up in our physical body,
To remind us that we have emotional work to do.
The following,
Therefore,
Provides some background into the emotional basis behind high blood pressure.
The text is adapted from Michael Lincoln's work in Messages from the Body.
They,
This would be you with high blood pressure,
They felt threatened in an important and high stakes way,
With intense feelings of endangerment.
They felt ready for virtually anything to happen.
Stress,
Conflict,
Shocks,
And tension filled their situation.
They resisted their emotions and became rigid in their attitudes.
This stemmed from an unresolved emotional issue and resentment from the past.
They were a seizing volcano who made mountains out of molehills.
They felt hyper-responsible and couldn't rely on anyone or anything.
They felt they had to do it all themselves.
They were impatient,
Angry,
And wanting to live life in the moment.
And they tried to pound away too quickly at life.
Suppressed rage and external control weighed upon them.
They struggled to handle their anger,
Leading to overeating and an inability to relax.
Their capacity for love and affection was limited,
Reserved only for a few,
And often conditional.
They felt a strong fear of failure because their parents pushed them to achieve on their own behalf.
They admired their parents,
Especially their father.
They were driven to compete for their father's approval,
Working tirelessly and obsessively.
Their perfectionism led to self-disappointment and they resisted seeking help or sharing responsibilities.
They had a need for control,
Stemming from dependent passivity and fear of being dominated.
Suppressing negative emotions,
They avoided conflict with loved ones.
Their intense feelings of hostility were masked by compliance and avoidance of anger.
They struggled with self-worth,
Suppressing love and spirituality.
Anxious about money and time,
They felt insecure and stressed due to early parental expectations.
They were resentful that they missed out on a childhood and never received the message that they were enough as they were.
Let me finish with some additional affirmations.
I am at peace with my anger.
I am expressing my anger appropriately.
I am learning to relax.
I am developing an ability to relax throughout the day.
I am the systematic dismantling of off-balanced appetites.
I am eating appropriately and at appropriate times.
I am expanding my ability to love.
I am expanding my circle of love.
I am dissolving any conditional love habits.
I am allowing myself to feel love,
Affection and compassion for many people.
I am releasing the past.
I am releasing my parents' expectations of me.
I am embracing my father's love for me.
I am releasing anxiety.
I am safe and feeling at peace.
I am releasing control.
I am learning to trust support from others.
I am trusting support from others.
I am embracing help from others.
I am maintaining a healthy blood pressure.
I am maintaining a healthy blood pressure.
I am maintaining a healthy blood pressure.
I am maintaining a healthy blood pressure.
I am maintaining a healthy blood pressure.
I am maintaining a healthy blood pressure.
I am maintaining a healthy blood pressure.
I am maintaining a healthy blood pressure.
I am maintaining a healthy blood pressure.
