And why your ego may resist exactly what your body needs
Many people struggling with chronic fatigue, pain, migraines, burnout or other chronic symptoms search endlessly for the “right” treatment — trying supplements, diets, or even spiritual tools. But few are prepared for what healing often requires: an honest, embodied relationship with emotion.
Emotions are not random or irrational. They are deeply physiological. They affect our breath, muscles, immunity and nervous system. When we suppress them — especially the difficult ones like grief, anger or fear — their energetic charge doesn’t disappear. It settles in the body.
This long-term emotional tension can contribute to persistent symptoms. Fatigue. Pain. Inner restlessness. Shutdown. Not because something is wrong with you — but because your system has been holding on to something that needs release.
The ego, which developed early in life to protect you, and which is closely connected to your nervous system, often avoids the contact with primary difficult and unwelcome emotions. In reality, it fears the very thing that would bring relief.
Instead, it keeps you in control mode — analyzing, fixing, performing. And avoiding anything that would bring you into the true sensations of fear, anger, shame and guilt.
True healing asks something else, however. It invites you to feel, to stay with emotions, and to listen.
When we begin to meet our primary emotions more openly; not as threats but as inner guidance, the nervous system can shift. Chronic tension may begin to release. And the body, long silenced, starts to trust again.
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