Zone 4 – Note D# – Throat: Emotionally Disconnected vs. Emotionally Integrated
Thorax Region: Emotion / Energetic
Emotional disconnection leaves an individual with only limited ability to experience and express a wide variety of emotions. The individual may or may not have opinions they wish to express. Alternately, they may be enamored with logical analysis, enjoy “clever” humor with little connection to joy or mirth, and converse in great detail about topics even well after the audience’s interest has waned.
Even those individuals who come to recognize the absence of feeling, and wish to choose risk over the “safety” of emotional disconnect, have difficulty getting in touch with the very feelings that could enable progress through processes such as grieving and healing.
Emotional disconnect may result from abuse, fear of rejection or ridicule, repeated experiences of feeling rejected by significant people in their lives, emotional pain, disappointment or any situation entailing overwhelming emotions. The emotional shutdown acts as a protection from the chronic or
mounting stress the individual would otherwise experience.
Physical manifestations may occur in the throat area such as a sore throat, laryngitis, sinus problems, thyroid problems, stiff neck muscles, and difficulty swallowing. Multiple personality issues may also be related to this zone.
The release of the energy that blocks emotions may be aided by actively seeking to experience emotions through the enjoyment of physical activity or entertainment. These help the individual identify their emotions through others. The release is usually a welcome relief as the individual has likely moved beyond the cause and has acquired better coping abilities and healthier perceptions for dealing with the world. Release is often followed by the final steps of the grieving process – sadness, acceptance, and the ensuing peace.
Emotional Integration restores the person to a more complete sense of self, and the awareness and understanding of feelings and the ability to express them. Emotions now more easily pervade all modalities (thinking, acting, etc.) and connections with others become deeper, more richly rewarding, and easier to form.