The Emotional Iceberg
Your emotions are like an iceberg because what you see on the surface is usually only a small fraction of what lies below.
When you become aware of your emotions, that is only the tip in your conscious awareness, it is what you can ‘touch and feel’.
The rest lies underwater where there are thoughts and feelings that you are likely not aware of.
As an example, underneath anxiety might lie emotions and feelings such as loneliness, sadness, insecurity, feeling stuck, shame, and limiting beliefs such as ‘nobody wants me’, ‘I am not good enough,’ ‘I am a failure.’
It can be hard to relive a certain negative situation or face the emotions you feel, and you may have accepted them as part of you because ‘that’s how it is’ (that’s what I did when I was struggling with anxiety and depression in my teenage years).
But emotions are a good thing, they are a message to you that you need to look at the root cause and heal unresolved trauma from the past and shift your mindset.
I believe it is essential to dive deeper, to resolve past trauma so that you can live a better life and see the possibility of change and FEEL the change within yourself.
You may feel stuck now, but you can also choose to feel unstuck, change your mindset and release all those challenging emotions that are holding you back.
So, what are your emotions trying to tell you?
