How Negative Emotions Affect Our Body and Its Response To Disease and Illness

How do our emotions affect our health? Did you know that by experiencing different negative emotions (anger, guilt, jealousy, sadness, etc.), our bodies are directly influenced by a constant build-up that manifests in different areas of the body (similar to the Chinese Chi body grid). Emotion is essentially energy in motion. Our body becomes a giant circuit board for all of the feelings we experience, with each emotion carrying its own measurable energy frequency.

Instinctive emotions (aka. “fight or flight”) like fear or anger resonate at around 6.5 htz – the same frequency as the colour red. This area is located around your tailbone/pelvic area (root chakra), and resonates at this frequency.

Love, on the other hand, resonates at very high frequencies – 100 htz – the same frequency as ultra-violet light. This frequency is one of the highest known, and is located around your third eye (on your forehead, just above your nose).

A large majority of studies have shown that negative emotions weaken the body, while positive emotions make us stronger, and prevent us from acquiring illness and disease. One emotion, shame, has the most destructive influence on the body, followed by guilt, apathy, grief, fear, anxiety, craving, anger and then hate.

So what body parts pain you the most? Click on the chart below to find out what you need to work on, how you can break through and release tension, and heal the body simply through state of mind and being aware of your emotions. It is time to let go!

Pain in the following areas may have a probable cause of the following…

• Neck – emotional energy of anger. Refusing to see two sides of the story. Stubbornness & inflexibility

• Shoulders – ability to carry our experiences in life joyously. Here we carry the weights of responsibility for another or situation

• Elbows – represents changing directions (regarding our own path & goals) and accepting new experiences

• Wrists – represent movement and ease

• Spine:

Upper – lack of emotional support, feeling unloved or holding back love

Middle – guilt, stuck in all that stuff “back there,” “get off my back”

Lower – fear of money, lack of financial support

• Hips – fear of going forward in major decisions and accepting new experiences

• Knees – your level of flexibility in life. Inability to bend, fear, inflexibility, won’t give in, humility, stubborn pride & ego

• Ankles – balance & adaptation to terrain. Pain caused by inflexibility & guilt. Represent the ability to perceive pleasure

Ailments & Connections:

Arthritis: think of negative emotions as eroding the body like acid; inflammation caused by resentment and bitterness and bottled up hurt

Digestive disorders: imbalance between rational mind and emotions – mental “digestion” mirrored in physical digestion

Cancer: something “eating away” at you – a deep secret, hatred or guilt. Lack of nurturing or self-nurturing in your life

Broken Bones/Fractures: rebelling against authority

Bursitis: repressing anger and carrying an overload of fear

Joint Pain: unsure of what direction to take in life, loss of direction, unmovable, stagnant

Loss of Balance: not centred, scattered thinking

Sciatica: too hypocritical, fear of money, fear of the future

Sprains: unable, or not wanting to move in a certain direction in life; resistance

Slipped Disc: indecisive, feeling unsupported by situations and people in life

Stiffness: thinking is rigid and tight – learn to move with the flow

Weakness: mental overload – learn to rest the mind

Sources/Suggested Readings:
Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Thought Medicine, Candace B. Pert, Ph. B.
Heal Your Body A-Z, Louise L. Hay.
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