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Originally Posted by chaotic13
I am interested in how many of you hold the belief that we each emit energy and that that energy can be felt / perceived by others or can affect our environment.
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Our senses have the ability to take in a lot more information than our conscious mind realizes. It is totally normal, and something that has been recognized in Eastern traditions for thousands of years.
From a personal point of view -- I've often had 'gut feelings' about people or situations. I've learned to listen to that 'gut' over the years because it is almost always correct despite what my conscious mind perceives. My best explanation is that I'm picking up on those energies.
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I guess I am just curious about when my body seems to detect one thing, but my brain or conscious thoughts seem to be picking up something else. I get this disconnect a lot especially with therapy and am just interested in it.
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Try an experiment, and focus on the message of the body when you get that disconnect. In trauma work, it is often by focusing on the body that blockages can be released.
If you are looking for a 'scientific' explanation -- trauma has the effect of freezing the limbic system in a state of fight/flight. The problem that trauma brings *is* the disconnect between what the body feels and what the conscious mind can process.
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If you seem to be a person who perceives the existence of these energy fields… have you ever talked about it with your T? What kind of response did you get? Did you end up getting another pathology label added to your medical chart, LOL?
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Believe it or not, two weeks ago I 'came out' with T, and started talking about my 'intuitive experiences'. I was so worried about being pathologized, because receiving 'messages' or 'seeing things' is not generally accepted in Western medicine.
I took that risk, because it is a part of who I am, and part of my unfolding in therapy is to accept and honor every part of myself -- whether it can be read about in a textbook or not.
I have also done a lot research into different areas of psychology that go beyond the traditional approaches. There are quite a few different doctors who have done work in this area, and it is slowly gaining some more acceptance.
Dr. Arnold Mindell has done amazing work with the 'dreambody'.
There is also a whole field called 'Transpersonal Psychology'.
(((chaotic)))
How exciting! I could go on, but feel free to ask questions or PM me.
