5 Keys For Expressing Emotional Pain

Expressing emotional pain has become less and less popular. While everyone experiences internal suffering, it is increasingly common to ignore it. People who are positive and have a good energy are welcomed with open arms. Yet people with emotional pain are often ignored, as if pain were a contagious disease. 

The truth is that all people experience emotional suffering at some point. Some more than others, but everyone feels it at some point. And when that is the case, being able to express it is essential. Suppressing emotional pain only makes it more intense and keeps it from being processed.

The problem is, we often simply don’t know how to express emotional pain.  Words often fail. But in addition, they are often not enough to ease the pain. That’s why we decided to propose some keys to help you express how you feel effectively.

1. Say it out loud

Although it may not seem like it, there is a big difference between thinking and expressing painful thoughts. Thoughts are wrapped in words and we all have a constant internal dialogue. Thoughts do not require us to organize or precisely define ideas.

When we say our thoughts out loud, an interesting process takes place. We organize our ideas to create an understandable and cohesive message. We also specify and clarify facts to make them understandable. That is why expressing thoughts out loud can be so beneficial. You don’t even have to tell anyone else. Just say it to yourself. Or record yourself and listen to it later.

2. Learn to release tension with relaxing activities

Emotional suffering creates a lot of tension, an uneasy feeling of displeasure that can be difficult to remove. It can manifest with fear and anxiety or even with apathy and numbness.

Nothing is better than exercise to eliminate emotional overload. Exercise helps to change our focus and activates neurological processes that generate feelings of well-being.

3. Vocally expressing emotional pain

In general, people have become more apathetic to the suffering of others, so expressing emotional pain is sometimes very difficult. No one wants to bother others, or worse, be rejected. Nevertheless , it is sometimes impossible to shake off, at least temporarily, a dark mood alone.

If so, it’s best to talk to someone about the pain you’re going through. Help them understand that you are going through a difficult time and that the emotional pain will not go away on its own. Instead, it is necessary to process your emotions. Give them the information they need to understand your situation without being confrontational.

4. Avoid Conflict

It is normal for pain to make you irritable and sometimes frustrated with others. And it’s easy to give in to the temptation to take your frustration and discomfort out on others.

But it is important to avoid this as it will only make the situation worse in the long run. It might be better to simply avoid arguments of all kinds if we’re feeling very irritable. Otherwise, we may get involved in an unproductive conflict. In this case, it is better to avoid confrontations.

5. Write a diary

People have been keeping diaries for many years for a variety of reasons. One reason is to express emotional pain. Just as saying our thoughts aloud causes us to reorganize them, writing thoughts down helps us organize and clarify them even more.

Writing is a way to achieve enlightenment. But it also helps you to see things from a new perspective. Reading your written thoughts allows you to view them from a distance. This helps you process them better and view them rationally. Writing also sometimes gives you a creative outlet for your pain.

All of these methods of expressing emotional pain are very valuable. But in reality , anything is better than staying silent, suppressing, or holding the pain in. You have to let it out to let it go, by any means necessary. Expressing emotional pain is the only way to process and eventually overcome it.