How to Heal Yourself Emotionally
By: Brandon Bell
Tags: Life Lessons, Healing, Health, Self, Spirituality

How to Heal Yourself Emotionally

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We tear ourselves down occasionally, it’s hard to be positive when nothing is working out for us. So, we decide to blame ourselves for all of our mishappenings and we even go as far as to put ourselves down.

At times, this can give us the motivation to be a better version of ourselves but also this can lead us into a place of darkness. This negative space that we put ourselves into makes us lazy and unmotivated.

How can we heal ourselves when there is so much negativity going on?

How do we get to the brighter side of these situations?

A lot of this frustration can come from overworking ourselves and not realizing how important it is to take time out for ourselves every now and then. In order to stop tearing ourselves down, we have to understand how tough life can be at certain moments.

There will be times where you don’t feel like doing something or you may feel like you don’t have the energy for it but you can push through. For the times that you do push through it’s crucial that you remember to heal yourself emotionally.

Healing ourselves physically is good too but can only do so much for the inner us. How do we get to a place where we feel renewed inside and out? Well, it starts from not relying on validation from others. Putting ourselves at the level that someone else wants us to be at can be very degrading and make us feel hopeless.

What if the people you want to impress aren’t impressed by what you do? You shouldn’t care what they think, it’s hard to do so but not having that care in mind will help you reach that place of healing that you want so bad.

Listen to healing music

If you don’t know where to start on your healing journey then it is best to go toward music. Healing music can be part of any genre, it’s your perception of the music that determines whether if it's healing or not.

Look at the music that you listen to now, are the lyrics helping you get through tough times, or are they making things even worse? Sometimes the music that we listen to can sound good but have a negative impact on our lives. Even though we don’t claim to promote what the artist is talking about in their songs, we’re still listening to it consistently which causes us to put some of our principles into question.

The principles that you’ve developed over time are correct when thought about by you but to somebody else, they can be wrong. Healing yourself with music can be used to help shape your principles back into the right order. It’s good to find music that speaks to you, some artist is really good at doing this because they know some of their past experiences can be relatable to others like you and me.

Using these words to heal yourself can be done by singing along and putting yourself into the place of the artist who was able to learn from that story they're telling and use it into creativity with the song.

Find a way to be creative while listening to music, do some painting or coloring, or even write in your journal if you want to.

Try listening to some music that you don't usually listen to for healing purposes. Many genres are similar to each other and some do a better job of healing than others.

Rap is great to listen to but is known for its catchy beats more than its lyrics. A genre like R&B or Pop are genres where artists usually display the talents of their voice and lyrics more clearly. This is all part of the healing process, give it some time and you will start to understand the importance of music when it comes to healing.