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Unconscious fear and anger
People are capable of experiencing various negative
emotions like fear, anger, guilt, anxiety and shame.
During a lifetime a person will likely experience a
variety of these emotions to varying degrees. People
also tend to construct a self-image of themselves as
intelligent, successful, independent, strong, likable,
sexually attractive, patient and loyal in the context of
some role like a husband or wife, father or mother. When
a situation arises that threatens this self-image, the
mind tends to do everything possible to divert conscious
attention from this threat and avoid confronting it.
Psychologically, a persons mind avoids confronting
certain negative emotions by embedding them deep into
the unconscious mind. This appears to be a built-in
defense mechanism.
Most
of the time these negative emotions are low-intensity
and unimportant and the brain successfully manages
repress them. When these emotions are particularly
strong the brain struggles to keep them repressed and
invokes physiological changes to divert attention away.
These physiological tend to be some muscle tensions
which over the long-term become the catalyst pain – RSI
Pain in particular.
The
emotions which cause this tension exist at the
unconscious level and are not the same as those
stressful emotions at the conscious level. The emotions
experienced when receiving a bad grade or arguing with a
friend tend to be consciously expressed and manifested
outwardly. These emotions are not usually repressed, and
are not the type contributing to TMS. Unpleasant
feelings simmering below the surface – feelings of
inadequacy, failure, uncertainty - are the types of
emotions which cause this tension. Seemingly happy
events like getting married or getting a new job can
provide these types of emotions (“Do I look fat in my
wedding dress?”, “Am I going to be able to handle these
responsibilities?”). Over the long term, the full-blown
syndrome TMS develops and can cause all sorts of
physiological problems and changes.
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Physiological changes
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