Free yourself from all emotional ties
We all carry emotional baggage with us. Anyone who claims that he or she has no emotional baggage of any kind has to be kidding. The only problem is that some of us may be carrying too much of it that it becomes an emotional binder. Breaking free of our emotional restraints is a step-by-step and extremely gradual process. It is also one of those things that can be accomplished faster and with better results if we seek a little help. So what is emotional slavery? And what kind of help do we ask for?
Emotional Bondage Defined
It is often said that most, if not all, of our emotional baggage comes from our childhood. That may be true on certain accounts. However, it does not follow that the fact that we have a great childhood means that we no longer have splinters on our shoulders. Some of us carry new baggage that comes from our experiences as adults.
Emotional baggage is a fairly broad term that mainly encompasses our painful and traumatic emotional memories as individuals. These memories are what we carry with us into old age, and we react and act in situations based on our previous experiences with these memories. We all have different emotional baggage. We all have layers upon layers of emotional baggage. And unfortunately, we also tend to inflict emotional baggage on others, albeit unknowingly.
The problem is when these memories prevent us from reaching our full potential and functioning as productive human beings. Our fears, our neurosis, our mistrust in ourselves and in others can set us back in our social and emotional development. Once we have stopped trusting ourselves, we can rightly say that we suffer from emotional ties.
Looking for assistance
It is curious to note that in our current society, we seem to be teaching our younger generations that seeking help is a sure sign of weakness. In fact, we strongly discourage this practice. This is very far from the truth.
Seeking help is a sign of courage, of immediate acceptance that there are things in this life that may be too difficult for one person to overcome. If we constantly hold our pride high; if we constantly keep our defenses strong; and if we constantly refuse to accept outside help, we are emotionally doomed to suffer only because of all our painful memories. Sooner or later, the implosion of all this pent-up anger, fear, and mistrust will get out of control. This is mainly the reason why so many people turn to the bottle, the pill, or some other type of temporary escape to deal with emotional bondage.
Emotional slavery can be quite paralyzing. We can’t function as well as we should because of the splinters on our shoulders. We also tend to hurt the people around us, especially ourselves. Without the help of another human being, we will most likely continue to hurt ourselves without knowing it. There is no single solution to solve the dilemmas of our past. In fact, some of us may still be struggling with these issues. We could all use a little help in this area.