Detachment

EMOTIONS

Being able to control the emotions for acting rationally in a situation where others are losing their head, is a great skill. Emotional detachment for action in tricky situations, where we seek the correct motives for action based on sound ethical and moralistic grounds, is how we should all act.

Removing emotions from decision making and using intellectual judgement, is fine for the times when fear, anxiety and purely narcissistic characteristics cause us to take the wrong approach. But having an always purely rational and intellectual contemplative approach could mean the emotions we suppress are taking a hold in other areas of our psyche, manifesting in our bodies and coming out in unexpected ways and at times where we have either no recognition of these emotions, where they have come from or we are unable to attach ourselves to them - because of a disconnect with the ego called emotional detachment disorder.

Emotional Release Practice
Extreme cases where people feel like an outsider - actually having a disconnection with themselves and experiencing live as if they are watching a film - can be triggered by traumatic life events.

Possible ways to connect with the emotions that have been repressed, is to use art. Creative writing, poetry, paining or singing, allows the emotions to rise to the surface before one identifies them. Identifying the feelings and finally letting them go, like the release of a balloon, can help to remove attachment to the trauma.

Releasing ourselves from the Ego and dealing with the anxieties and fears at the heart of our problems, is difficult and strange for some to take on. We need to go through healing stages on our journey. Passing through stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance which is a difficult process but an inevitable path of emotional healing.