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Writer's picturePetra Lee

Emotions and their effects

Updated: Mar 23, 2023

...your body

Today's fast-paced world and our value system with its accompanying pressure to succeed puts people under stress at work, in the family and in their leisure time. If the organism perceives something as a threat, this triggers a whole chain of reactions in the body and in the psyche. In stressful situations, the bronchial tubes dilate to take in more oxygen. As a result, breathing becomes rapid and shallow. In addition, the heart beats faster and stronger, which increases blood pressure and causes blood vessels to constrict. The muscles also get better blood flow and tense up more.


Signs of nervousness (teeth grinding at night, stuttering, forgetfulness) and psychological disorders, even depression, can be possible consequences. Persistent stress can ultimately lead to serious cardiovascular and kidney diseases, metabolic disorders, allergies and inflammatory diseases.


.....mental health

Many children experience childhood trauma. The ancient Greek word for trauma translates as wound. Trauma refers to a strong psychological shock (imprint) that remains effective in a person's subconscious for a long time. This can be serious events such as sexual and physical abuse, loss, war and accidents But feelings of rejection, criticism, fear, anger and shame also count as a wound. Experiencing very stressful, frightening events causes wounds that can result in serious psychological disorders.


Traumatic experiences can cause other mental illnesses besides PTSD, such as depression, anxiety disorders, addictive disorders, or personality changes. Post-traumatic stress disorder is just one of several possible trauma sequelae disorders.


...your brain

Emotions affect our cognitive abilities. The brain of a newborn baby is not yet fully developed. While it has all the necessary attachments, it still needs to mature by developing circuits during the first 5 years of life. When children live in an environment of perceived fear and emotional insecurity, this triggers stress and develops their brain cannot form enough circuits in the areas of the prefrontal cortex that are necessary for memory, regulating emotions, concentrating, and filtering information. This usually leads to a diagnosis of AD(H)D.


In cognitive disorders, individuals have intermittent or persistent problems with mental performance. Typical complaints are, for example, increasing forgetfulness, reduced attention, concentration problems, speech disorders, orientation problems or memory loss.


... Relationships

Our mind ensures your survival. It alerts you to danger, loves the familiar and avoids the unknown. It can also focus on only one thing, one command. If on the one hand we desire friendships, a fulfilling relationship, healthy social life, but associate this with danger or pain or think we are not good enough, our mind is confused and spinning in circles.

Unconsciously avoid new things and isolate us, or have strong attachment fears and social phobias.


Or we recreate our childhood history, and attract partners whose negative behaviour is familiar to us. We are so removed from ourselves that we often don't notice how little self-respect and self-esteem we have.



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