Hi there! So I've had a weird variety of physical health issues for the past several years, and seeing a wide variety of doctors / therapists etc. has not done a lot for me. I grew up in a sort of physically violent / verbally abrasive household (I'm going to step back from using the term "abusive," but probably not that far off) and I've always wondered if there's some connection between that and my current physical health issues.
The tricky thing is... I'm just sort of positive / upbeat / feel good basically all the time, and it's hard for me to really identify any conscious emotions or bodily tension or anything that seems related. It's totally possible it's just all suppressed like 4 layers down, because I'm pretty sure I also do this with anger (eg since I grew up with an insanely angry person in the house, I just couldn't really express anger/upset at all, or they would freak out at me).
So I'm trying to figure out what other kinds of approaches to try, because most of the normal therapists I've seen have come up at a loss.
Any thoughts appreciated!
Thanks.
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I think you are not supposed to speak flippantly about things you have no idea about on this site.
What makes you think that?
Anyways basic bitch coping skills are pretty underrated -- how do you think our ancestors survived?
I think they struggled along with lots of pains and suffering, dying before 60.
What OP asked for are ways to get at the root of emotional problems. I know from personal experiences that getting the basics in place, as useful as they can be for mild depression and the like, are not going to touch that.
In the case of my immediate ancestors, they struggled on with lots of pain suffering depression and whatnot -- dying pretty near a hundred. What of it?
Life is pain.
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