Instead Of Maintaining The Situation, Harboring Feelings Is At Risk Of Lowering The Body's Immune Function Fungsi

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JAKARTA It's not recommended to harbor feelings, but overexpressing what's in your heart is also not good for health. Experts recommend practicing emotion management.

What are the consequences if feelings of love are suppressed without being expressed? Launching Healthline, Monday, June 7, emotional repression or suppressing feelings is often done. Both when faced with oppression and feelings of depression.

Suppressing emotions tends to be done to maintain the situation. Because anger can destroy a relationship, so choose to be held back. In fact, feelings are held back by considerations of shame and denial.

Emotions that are often held back include anger, frustration, sadness, fear, and disappointment. Basically, stored emotions can trigger negative assumptions from others. For example, the assessment as a grumpy, coward, and so forth.

Negative emotions when stored – although there is no specific research can cause disease. But one study linked emotional repression with decreased immune system function.

If the immune system is not working effectively, then you can get sick more often and recover slowly. Retained feelings also affect health conditions, especially related to mental health, such as stress, anxiety, and depression.

The problem of harboring feelings has also been proven to cause problems in the physical or body. Such as muscle tension to pain, nausea and digestive problems, changes in appetite, and sleep problems. So, what causes the habit of harboring unconscious feelings to still be carried out?

Childhood trauma also plays a role in forming the habit of not fully expressing or realizing feelings. Unresolved anger is also thought to contribute to various diseases such as high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.

People who tend to have a hard time telling how they feel are a sign of repressing their emotions. Usually, they find it difficult to describe certain aspects of life.

Other signs include feeling numb or empty, nervous, low self-esteem, being stressed for a long time, tending to forget things, being restless and uncomfortable when other people talk about their feelings.

To overcome this, it is advisable to consult a therapist. Or you can start by understanding and naming feelings.

This method is called emotionally focused therapy (EFT) which emphasizes emotional expression as an important component of personal experience and the ability to relate to others. The trick, ask yourself about how you feel right now.

Try using words or colors in your journal, it can be text or artwork. Use the 'me' point of view.

Focus on the positive to become more comfortable with your emotions, including negative emotions such as anger, disappointment, and fear. Leave harsh judgments or criticisms to yourself.