How does the mind-body connection affect our emotions?

[Nikki1989]

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Understanding the mind-body connection isn't just theoretically fascinating — it has direct implications for emotional wellbeing. I found this out the hard way as a teenager.

[Crimsyjo]

Well discomfort in the body is pretty key to a lot of emotion. Feeling hungry, pain, hot, cold. There's emotional reactions to thoughts separate from the body. Like sadness, joy. But the body has a strong influence still like how if your hungry, tired and/or hot and someone says something unkind it can give you a stronger emotion of anger or grief or self consciousness than if your happy with your body and it's state.

So the body influences emotions. But do emotions influence the body? I guess comfort eating is an example where you feel "hungry" without actually needing food. You feel fat and ugly on a low day but pretty alright or sexy on a good day despite physically no change in your weight or shape.

The body gives life a shape. But emotions give it the flavour and texture.

[thegreenyogi]

To experience a mind body connection means to acquire balance because you're cultivating a kind of inner awareness where mind and body consciously connect so that means you have high hopes of controlling your emotions.

[loveslongnails]

Your body is last leg of that connection to the best of my understanding. Your emotions are affected almost entirely by your mental state, a claim most people disbelief but I'll die on that hill. The two together then affect your physical well-being, or lack thereof. So if you ask me about your emotions, I'm going to ask you about your mental state, not how you're doing physically.

[Bricealan]

@Nikki1989 My Yoga classes and instructors help me address the mind/body connection, and it has been some help in my dealing with happenings.

[_Jenny_]

@Nikki1989 you better explain that to me because I’m clueless

[Bklynbadboy12]

I have to be honest with you. This one is over my head. How exactly does that work