When Those Deeper Negative Emotions Just Won't Go Away

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni: Emotional Abuse and Relationship Expert

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2015

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Expressing the deep, negative emotions that you've been holding onto from your past should lead to a release of the emotional energy behind them, and free you from the burden of holding onto the pain. However, sometimes what you express, vent or release isn't all of it, and you need to dig a little deeper to get to the real pain that's keeping you from moving on. Today we talk about how to get to that deeper pain.

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0:00.0	Life presents the toughest challenges.
0:03.0	Every day you are faced with decisions that test your ability to express who you really want to be in this world.
0:10.0	We're told to keep saying affirmations and keep thinking positively, but what do you do when that stuff doesn't work?
0:17.0	Welcome to the overwhelmed brain where you'll learn to make decisions that are right for you so that you can create the life you want now. Hello this is Paul Kolyani host of the overwhelmed brain the personal growth show for the critical thinker.
0:44.7	On this show I discuss practical down-to-earth steps to help you improve your mood and keep
0:50.6	you sane in this powerful journey we call life.
0:54.6	We'll talk about why we do the things we do and what we can do to reach higher levels of
0:58.6	happiness and lower levels of stress and overwhelm. My goal is to help you become empowered so that you can
1:06.0	create the life you want. Today's quote is by William Arthur Ward, and it's this.
1:12.4	It is wise to direct your anger towards problems, not people,
1:16.9	to focus your energies on answers, not excuses.
1:22.0	One of the reasons I love this quote is that it reminds us that we spend so much
1:27.0	time on the drama of situations instead of focusing on a solution. We don't typically see an immediate solution so we
1:35.3	instead want to vent and express our irritations to other people and these other
1:40.4	people are usually those that are closest to us.
1:44.7	Can you count on one hand the number of times you've
1:47.6	gotten upset at someone you love
1:49.6	because you had a bad day?
1:51.8	And if so, give yourself a pat on the back because that's impressive.
1:55.9	Those who feel most comfortable around us are also the most vulnerable to our anger.
2:04.0	Think about that for a minute.
2:06.1	The people we love and cherish most are usually in the direct path of our anger and frustration. Why is that? Why would we take our own
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