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Where is sadness stored in the body?
Emotional information is stored through “packages” in our organs, tissues, skin, and muscles. These “packages” allow the emotional information to stay in our body parts until we can “release” it. Negative emotions in particular have a long-lasting effect on the body. The organs most affected by emotional states are the heart, liver and spleen. Excessive emotions result in specific effects on the internal organs: Grief and melancholy injure the lungs. Fear and fright injures the kidneys. A 2021 study conducted in Italy during the first wave of lockdowns showed that when we regulate or ignore our emotions, we can experience short-term mental and physical reactions as well. “Suppressing your emotions, whether it’s anger, sadness, grief or frustration, can lead to physical stress on your body. Anger is a secondary emotion Typically, we experience a primary emotion like fear, loss, or sadness first. Because these emotions create feelings of vulnerability and loss of control, they make us uncomfortable. One way of attempting to deal with these feelings is by subconsciously shifting into anger.
What organ is affected by grief?
Grief is the emotion of the lungs and the large intestine, organs associated with the metal element. Loss of any kind will often trigger a feeling of being energetically drained and of having difficult bowel function. The Stages of Grief The five stages are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.