Blocked Emotions?

    One of the difficult challenges when trying to heal from serious pain or abuse issues is the ability to let out all of the locked up emotions. Sometimes a person wants to "appear healed" to the point of blocking and stopping the actual healing process.
           
            "I failed to realize that my concern about appearing 'unhealed' was actually one of         the factors preventing my healing. If I would just let my child parts express                         themselves, in all their painful desperateness, then I could potentially get to a more         stable emotional state. It seemed very counter-intuitive, but the more I allowed                 expression of these intensely painful emotions the more 'healthy' I would be." (The             Silent Cries, page 21)

    The following poem found in The Silent Cries, page 21, and also in Hear My Cry: Writings From My Soul, page 312, shows an additional perspective.

FEELINGS BEHIND THE FACE

I smile and chatter and laugh.
You think I am doing well,
then you leave
and I feel sad.

I kept it away while you were here.
I like to look happy and fine.
I want to be all better.

But sad stays inside
still
and doesn't disappear with smiles
and doesn't get better
hiding away.

I think it is smart to be happy
and stupid to feel sad.
"You can keep it away if you want to."

But when I keep it away,
it stays inside
and doesn't go away ever!!!

    So let's talk. Have you had any difficulty getting out the things that are locked inside of you? What's on your mind today?