Tag: emotional integration

In very simple terms, emotional integration is when the internal charge of an uncomfortable emotion dissolves.

The tricky thing is this: We are often unaware of stuffed down emotions. We might not be aware of every single thing that we felt during a traumatic event. Some things stay buried for very long.

On one level, we know that we’ve integrated a trauma when we no longer feel charged emotion when we think about the associated event. But that is not to say that there isn’t still some stuff beneath the surface of our awareness.

I’ve often been baffled by how many layers of emotion a traumatic event can contain. When the charge of a specific situation doesn’t dissolve quickly or instantly, we might need to re-investigate what’s going on inside.

The only way not to sink deeper into quicksand is to stop struggling. You have to stop squirming and writhing. You have to remain absolutely still physically. When you come to physical stillness, you can drift to the top. You can be released from being stuck and sinking deeper.

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In very simple terms, emotional integration is when the internal charge of an uncomfortable emotion dissolves.

The tricky thing is this: We are often unaware of what emotions we have stuffed down. We might not be aware of every single thing that we felt during a traumatic event. Some things stay buried for very long.

On one level, we know that we’ve integrated a trauma when we no longer feel charged emotion when we think about it. But that is not to say that there isn’t still some stuff beneath the surface of our awareness.