I have no easy answer. Part of it is the difficult process of figuring out what you want, what you like, and what you enjoy, and learning to separate that from what you think you should be.
In terms of subs, have you tried to micro-loop LBFH? It should be the sub that addresses the issue most directly. It looks like you get reckon from it easily, so I would reduce length and frequency.
I often feel that is the issue. I’m not sure what I want. I have never really given myself an opportunity to meditate on that and do inner work and reflection. I love introspection. I live in my head most of the time.
Something that helped me with similarish issues are “bodywork things;” exercises to learn to listen and understand ones own body better. Emotions are very physical. Things I really like are “Progressive Muscle Relaxation”, a super effective tension-release method for learning to relax fast (warning: if you are not used to deeply relaxing, the feeling can be a bit weird and scary) and Feldenkrais, which teaches a lot of subtleties of the body and makes one look
decades younger when moving.
“Love yourself” is a phrase thrown around a lot by people but it’s a lot to unpack depending on where you’re at in life.
In my opinion trying to make it a goal to feel worthy and deserving can backfire if you have a more deeply negative side that basically extinguishes it. This isn’t everyone, just speaking from experience. But it can just lead to a back and forth tug of war mental battle with nothing to show for it.
You could ask yourself “what is in my immediate environment effecting my quality of life and what can I do to improve it?” That’s a form of self love, but just in a less direct way the mind will be less likely to reject.
I’m with @whatevermore on the healing thing. Healing is important but it has to have an end goal or a point where you say “ok this has allowed me to take action now”. I might be wrong, but I don’t think healing can take place in a vacuum if your life has been absent of positive experiences in general. There’s a point of diminishing returns where new experiences are the real healing as old beliefs and mindsets are exchanged for new ones.
I understand the appeal of running a healing sub and correcting everything, then going out into the world. But the longer I’ve been on this self development journey and the more I’ve interacted with people I just don’t think it’s the whole picture. And I’ve witnessed a lot of people get stuck in this perpetual healing stage, me included.
Nobody can really understand the meaning of love until you come to experienced it.
Try doing something good to anyone then expect nothing out of it. Kindness cannot be given though it usually return.
You will know when this experienced happen because you will float on the air, though human love is different from spiritual but it is a good starting point.
Ascension and PCC aren’t working for you well, James?
I think i know what you mean, GLM and Emperor helped me with this.
Emotional sensitivity mixed with trauma can be a living nightmare. It’s important to keep yourself grounded.
Some subs that’s worked personally for me
Dragon reborn stage 3 - grounding and sort of has a releasing effect.
Khan - great for feeling like an alpha and empowered
Modules: ares, discordia and righteous ire helps flush out toxic emotions.
Hope that helps
Ascension helps with that too.
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@James
If you’re experiencing more of that sensitivity, it’s a form of recon. I’ve gone through this running Ascension and now I’m rock solid.
What about this: maybe it’s not that a person is emotional, rather what do they DO with that emotion?
How do they express it?
What action do they take?
How does the experience of that emotionality effect their health, and how can they make it more positive?
Now having said that, there are modules such as Ardent Light, Foundation, and Eye of the Storm. There are others, but none of them are to fix, rather perhaps to create more positive expressions of emotion.
Anybody that says to you
Aww, you’re too sensitive!
Tell them to go pound sand.
Yes sensitivity to slights and being emotionally unstable is an issue, but if you receive some disrespect and get the above said back to you, it’s time to re-evaluate that relationship.
Sensitivity is a gift to be respected.
You can ground yourself with an alpha sub
That would help you being less emotional
Sensitivity is a great thing, a lot of men and women have grown numb to life, and forgotten that with sensitivity life grows deeper and more profound.
But emotions are also barometers for well-being, indicators of internal states, and powerful tools for change.
Emotions truly hold a unique place in the human experience.
Albert Einstein once said this, and I quote “everything is energy, and that’s all their is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality”
This underscores the significance of emotions in the shaping of reality.
When emotions are acknowledged and channeled correctly they can be transformative, allowing individuals to navigate complex situations with grace and wisdom. However, when suppressed or misunderstood they can lead to internal turmoil and external conflicts.
I’ve noticed that, too, that people get “sensitive” when someone is disrespectful, contemptuous, or malicious towards others.
My 2 cents…My Genesis multiple runs taught me how to deal with emotions in a healthy & transformative way without being a slave to them. In other words, if you want to overcome unhealthy emotional sensitivity or at least get it to sustainable levels without ruining your quality of life, you need to become a master at dealing with your own emotions & shaping them to work in your favor. Also, you need to decide once & for all, you won’t be guided by your negative thoughts & emotions anymore. So whenever you start to feel that negative burden inside you, the next step is to reframe (scale down) them as quickly as possible.
When I started to do that kind of inner work I gained emotional balance pretty quickly.