How to Protect your Psychological Wellbeing?
The early conditioning which is our feelings don’t matter, you have got to do what you are being told and your psychological state is not something we remember.
All those messages we received from the environment around us. The problem with this way of thinking is it fills you up with stresses and tensions. The feelings get suppressed and trapped inside your human body. Then you get a sense of loss and confusion. Then your body reacts in the form of body ache signs like headache, fatigue, burned out, blurry memory, lack of focus and many other physical symptoms.
After I learned so much about the truth of our feelings and the impact of our psychological state on our health, I realize that your feelings are actually your roadmap to direct you what to do, where to go and what to focus on. Your feelings are your validating points telling you what is happening inside you and whether you need to change or modify your current behaviors.
It is an interesting inner world when you reflect and understand your feelings. They come in the form of shrinked throat and tightened chest when you get upset. And they express in the form of expanded chest, stomach butterflies and whole body goosebumps when you are excited and thrilled.
When you observe your feelings and psychological state are not respected for whatever reason, I like to remember these mental probes: How can I protect my psychological wellbeing? What do I need to do to respect my feelings and set boundaries?
Well in life you find energy vampires who are ready to suck the life out of you and put you down and worthless. They just don’t care what you go through or your busy schedules. In such a context, it becomes even more important to protect yourself and put boundaries.
The boundaries can be by apologizing to do that work task on a weekend, not replying your email messages when you are on a holiday or just respectfully saying no without taking permission or justifying yourself.
When doing that, you claim your psychological health back. You reinforce the importance of your feelings. You shift your focus from pleasing and accommodating other people needs to satisfying your own.
So the next time you realize you are being stepped on, go inside your body and check on your feelings. What is happening inside there? What messages your body is trying to tell you? Don’t ignore those messages and take action accordingly wherever and whenever it is appropriate to you.