He self sabotage It is a psychological phenomenon of central importance in the treatment of many disorders and discomforts. It is defined as all those acts of the individual that, for various reasons, unconsciously tend to hinder the achievement of their own goals and objectives.
Often, this self-sabotage stems from a poor control and knowledge of one’s own emotions, fears and desires, and therefore from a difficulty in acting in accordance with them. This is how the writer Brianna West puts it in her book the mountain is you (Planeta, 2023), in which he explains some principles for remove this trend and install a domain of your own instead.
Eliminate the repression of emotions
“Repression,” says West, “is an emotional regulation strategy that people use when they don’t have adequate coping mechanisms to manage their feelings”
The author refers to meditation techniques as a means to avoid the repression of emotions: “If you have ever gone to a meditation class, you will know that the first principle to achieve mental control is the opposite of what you think: is letting go.”
“When you suppress your emotions, you do not know what you are feeling or control your behavior. When you control your emotions, you are aware of what you are feeling and you are in control of your behaviorgo on.
“Mental health is a measure that we can move forward”
“Often,” West defends, “we think of the measure of physical strength as the amount of weight we can bear, the distance we can run, or the volume of our muscles. In reality, physical strength is a sample of how efficiently the body works.
“Mental health is just the same. It’s not a measure of how happy we look, how perfect things are, or how unconditionally ‘positive’ we can be, but that we can move through daily life and the occasional challenge with enough fluidity and reason not to hold back or hold back.”
References
Brianna Wiest. The mountain is you. Planeta (2023). ISBN: 978-84-08-26738-6