2023-06-22 11:56:32
In A man, rue Beaubien René Chicoine writes: “Strong emotions bring us in an instant what would have taken us years to discover. “Indeed, emotions have many virtues. On the other hand, when the most negative ones remain stuck, undigested, in the body, they can threaten our balance. Therapies appealing to the body can then help.
Kynesiology, microkinesitherapy, emotional osteopathy: these therapies that “unblock”
The kinesiology consists of questioning the body through precise muscular tests to identify the source of a malaise and release the emotional charge which has been associated with the stressful event, and which is then felt by various physical symptoms. During a session of this psychocorporal technique, the practitioner will somehow “dialogue” with your body in order to obtain answers that will guide it. Through physical manipulations such as acupuncture, it will then accompany, for example, stress, bereavement or a sleep disorder.
In the same vein, the microkinesitherapyie, at the crossroads of physiotherapy and osteopathy, promotes the body’s self-healing processes following an injury or trauma, physical or emotional. Via massages, it helps to release areas of tension and seems particularly indicated in the event of dermatological or sleep disorders, migraines, anxiety but also eczema…
Finally, theemotional osteopathy can help you unlock emotional traces inscribed in the body and requires active participation during the sessions, such as verbalizing your emotions out loud while doing breathing work. Rich in emotions, a session of kinesiology, microkinesitherapy or emotional osteopathy costs around sixty euros and can be covered by certain mutual insurance companies.
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Legacy of malaise
Several studies indicate that childhood trauma experienced by mothers can affect the health of their children. One of them1, conducted for seven years in the United States on more than 4,300 mothers and their children, concluded that the children of mothers who had negative experiences in childhood were more likely to become obese, anxious or asthmatic. This would be a clue that negative childhood experiences may affect maternal biology during pregnancy. Thus, taking our emotional troubles seriously would also work for the well-being of those around us, including future generations.
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EFT, EMDR: roll your eyes, tap your fingers…
Other techniques also use the body to help you overcome an emotional block, but with the help of more subtle physical stimuli. This is the case ofEFT (Emotional Freedom Technique or “emotional release technique “) which consists in Gently stimulate acupuncture points, while focusing on the emotions that are causing you trouble. Constituting an emergency solution, it can be practiced when you feel the negative emotion, to help reduce it, or on a daily basis to reduce chronic pain.
For its part, theEMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) is a branch of psychotherapy adapted for the treatment of traumatic shocks such as bereavement, aggression or burnout. During a session, the therapist makes you dive into the traumatic memory while asking you, eyes closed, to look to the right, then to the left, according to regular “tics, tics” broadcast in your ears (or tapping on your knees). You must describe to him what you feel, what you see. The eye movements, as well as the anchoring of more positive beliefs related to this memory, help you to “deactivate” or attenuate the negative emotions associated with it and which were until then as if blocked in your brain, ready to reactivate at slightest reminder of your trauma.
While these two techniques are optimal when practiced in the office with an experienced therapist, they can also be practiced independently, using a manual or applications (EMDR Kit or EMDR Tappers, etc.).
“Being a man” means repressing your emotions?
In The 21st Man, an investigation into male territory*, twenty men confide in their relationship to masculinity. Samuel’s testimony illustrates how certain injunctions push boys to cut themselves off from their emotional feelings: “On my tenth birthday, I made the decision not to cry anymore. I had a suspicion that it was unworthy and dishonorable. I forced myself to swallow my tears. To be a man. From then on, I lived in a form of blindness with regard to what I felt. So much so that when people asked me “How do you feel?” […], I did not know how to qualify these emotions, I felt like a stranger to myself. It is for this reason that I welcome the rise of personal development. From now on, courage is to know yourself. »
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