Emotional Support For Physical Problems
When you’re sick, you want to be loved, held, and taken care of. Or maybe you’re the type that feels like you have to just suck-it-up-buttercup and get through it alone. When we’re physically sick or in pain, it shows how we might also deal with emotional pain.
One day or another, we will all be in a place of physical pain or weakness, and at that point we hope to have someone there for us.
If you want to read more about psychogenetic pain, that is, pain that comes from emotional stress or emotional trauma, you can check out this blog post here.
However, not all pain is due to an emotional problem, plenty of pain is from an actual physical trauma or illness. And as human beings, we will have an emotional response to the physical pain or weakness. I might feel mad that I’m in pain. I might feel puny or sad. I might feel more faith or trust. I might feel stupid like it was all my fault. I might feel like I deserve this pain. I might feel like I don’t deserve this pain. I might just want to be completely numb to the pain. I might be depressed about the pain…
What is important is that in that weakness we have support.
Open Heart Holistic Therapy is a place people can come with ALL their issues--including the physical ones. It’s my aim to make ohht a respite not just for emotional trauma, but for those experiencing physical pain, illness, and weakness.
Physical pain could come from an accident. It could come from cancer. It could come from another autoimmune disorder. It could come from an old injury. It could just be random back pain. It could be arthritis. Whatever it is, or wherever it comes from, I’ll be there for you.
Physical pain is an emotional experience. That’s why there are emotional support groups and mental health specialists for people experiencing chronic illnesses and autoimmune disorders such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and Crohn's disease.
It’s important to take care of yourself emotionally when there is a physical problem, issue, trauma, accident, diagnosis, illness, etc. Most people get into the suck-it-up-buttercup mentality or go numb. But it’s just like when you’re going through an emotional pain or transition, you need space for processing and healing.
Dealing with the pain.
Sitting with the pain.
Accepting the pain.
Letting the pain be.
Gaining emotional strength in the pain.
Feeling emotionally better in the pain can help the pain be less.
Finding the right support in the pain.
Emotional support helps people heal both physically and emotionally.
AGAIN, emotional support helps people heal both physically and emotionally.
Unfortunately, doctors don’t often refer to therapists for physical issues (unless they suspect it to be psychosomatic, and even then, maybe, maybe not).
I am the holistic therapist to help you in the physical pain.
I’m there to help you process how weakness and illness was dealt with in your past.
I’m there to help you let go of grief that might be held because of someone else’s pain or death or loss.
In our sessions together, I hope that your pain will be less or completely go away, but I’d settle for simply an increase in peace and joy with or without the pain. That may be a miracle in itself.
If you have recently had an accident or physical trauma, or had a difficult diagnosis, consider making an appointment in support of your full whole wellness and healing journey.
Here are some affirmations and forgiveness statements to help let go of the pain:
I forgive myself for believing the pain is my fault.
I forgive myself for believing I should never have pain.
I forgive myself for believing I have to go numb to deal with the pain.
I forgive myself for believing I am alone in my pain.
I forgive others for not showing up with me in pain.
I give others permission to forgive me for not showing up when they were in pain.
I forgive others for blaming me for the pain.
I give other permission to forgive me when I blamed the pain on them.
I love and accept myself even when I’m afraid I’ll always have pain.
I love and accept myself even when I’m afraid I’ll be alone and in pain.
I forgive others for not understanding my pain.
I love and accept myself even when I’m afraid I’ll die.
I love and accept myself even when I’m afraid It won’t get better.
I love and accept myself with the pain.
I give myself permission to accept I can live a good life and have pain.
I give myself permission to accept I can heal.
I give myself permission to accept I’m not alone in pain.
I give myself permission to love other even when they don’t understand the pain.
I give myself permission to love myself with or without pain.
I give myself permission to accept it’s not my fault.
I give myself permission to feel secure and relaxed where I am.