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Full guide to bringing up unprocessed emotions ❤️🩹 (1.1k words)
Introduction
The first part of my trauma-healing strategy is learning how to bring up unprocessed emotions.
Before you can heal anything, you first have to surface it.
This guide shows you exactly how to do that, step by step.
Part 1: What Is Unprocessed Emotion?
Unprocessed emotion is emotional energy that never fully moved through your nervous system.
It usually comes from moments where:
- You were overwhelmed
- You had no safety or support
- You had to suppress your feelings
- You were too young to process it
That emotion does not disappear.
It stays stored in the body and nervous system.
Healing starts by bringing it back into awareness.
Part 2: Methods to Bring Up Unprocessed Emotion
You can use any of the methods below.
There is no “best” one. Choose what feels easiest and safest.
Methods:
- Write a story about the event
- Journal about it using deep questions
- Talk to someone you trust about it
- Think deeply about the event
- Visualise the mental movie playing again
- Record a video of yourself talking about it
- Record a voice note explaining what happened
- Go back to the physical place where it happened
- Step into the “shoes” of your younger self
- Talk to family or old friends and ask deep questions
Part 3: How to Implement This as a Habit
This is not something you do once.
Healing trauma works best when done consistently, like brushing your teeth.
Step 1: Create a Habit Tracker
Ideally use a physical piece of paper.
- Write the month and year at the top
- Number each day of the month
- Write habit acronyms at the top (example: HT for Healing Trauma)
- Draw boxes for each day
If you do the habit, tick the box.
If not, mark an X.
Tape it somewhere you see every day.
Digital works too, but physical is far more powerful.
Step 2: Choose a Fixed Time or Habit Stack
Pick one time of day or stack it onto an existing habit.
Example:
- After meditation
- After journaling
- After training
- During cold exposure
Personally, I stack my HT habit with cold showers because cold exposure helps regulate emotions.
Part 4: How to Stay Consistent
1. Make It Attractive
You should see this as something you get to do, not have to do.
Before starting, visualise yourself as the most healed, peaceful version of you.
You’re not reopening wounds.
You’re clearing them.
2. Reward Yourself After
After finishing:
- Tick the habit tracker
- Enjoy a coffee or dark chocolate
This gives healthy dopamine and reinforces consistency.
3. Make It Effortless
Do it your way.
- Use the method you prefer
- Sit where you feel safe
- Keep sessions short if needed
Healing should never feel forced.
Part 5: Deep Journaling Questions
If you choose the journaling method, use these:
- Do you feel in fight-or-flight even when safe?
- Do you choose instant gratification over delayed gratification?
- Do certain words or topics trigger strong reactions?
- Do you still feel emotional when remembering the trauma?
- Do you feel generally unhappy in life?
Answer honestly. No judgment.
Part 6: Safety & Common Criticism
“Telling people to act on emotions is dangerous.”
It can be dangerous without common sense.
If an emotion tells you to hurt yourself or someone else, do not act on that.
Processing emotions means expressing them safely:
- Crying
- Shaking
- Screaming into a pillow
- Breath work
- Cold exposure
Never violence.
“Professional help is the only way.”
Professional help can be great.
But it is not the only path.
Many people heal through self-work, especially those with social anxiety or financial limitations.
If healing was possible for me without therapy, it can be possible for you too.
“Trauma healing isn’t that simple.”
Correct.
Different trauma types exist, such as CPTSD.
This guide focuses on general unprocessed emotional trauma, not complex clinical conditions.
Simple does not mean ineffective.
Part 7: What To Do After Emotions Come Up
Once the emotion surfaces, it must be processed.
That is the next step.
TLDR:
- Let yourself feel whatever comes up
- Cry if you want to cry
- Get angry if anger arises
- Shake, breathe, or release physically
Do this privately and safely.
If no emotion naturally releases, use a generic method:
- Shaking
- Breath work
- Cold exposure
Processing is where healing actually happens.
That full guide comes next.
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Full guide to bringing up unprocessed emotions ❤️🩹 (1.1k words)
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