Of all the things that limit a poker player, the hot reactions are the ones everyone can name. Tilt. Anger after a bad beat. The slow burn of frustration across a losing session. The flash of rage when the same opponent rivers you again. Players talk about these openly, half as a joke and half as a confession, because almost everyone has felt them and almost everyone has lost money to them.
Read moreWhy You Cannot Think Your Way Out of Retroactive Jealousy
Most people who experience retroactive jealousy know, at some level, that their thoughts are not rational. They understand that their partner's past is not a present threat. They can list the reasons why what happened before they were part of their partner's life is irrelevant to who they are together now. The logic is not the problem.
Read moreWhen the Past Will Not Stay in the Past: Understanding Retroactive Jealousy
You find yourself thinking about the people your partner was with before they knew you. The images arrive uninvited. The questions form on their own. You replay conversations you were not part of. You imagine scenes you cannot know. And the harder you try to stop, the more insistently your mind returns to the same territory.
This is what retroactive jealousy feels like from the inside. Not ordinary envy, not a passing flicker of insecurity, but something that operates almost independently of your wishes. A pattern that knows exactly how to find its way back, no matter how many times you have resolved to let it go.
Read moreSeries 5-part Hypnosis and NLP for resolving IBS. (article 5 of 5)
Studies have shown that the mind is often cluttered with trapped emotions which affect can your daily life in a negative way. Everyone carries unprocessed, trapped emotions to some degree. However, the truth of the matter is that emotions that aren’t dealt with, just do not go away on their own. Unfortunately, these emotions can affect you in several negative ways such as: The way you think about yourself, how you react to stress, may cause higher levels of anxiety, and lower your feelings of physical well-being.
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