Our unconscious thoughts play their part in our conscious every day conversations. For example, resentment provoked by angry conflicts between two people, will automatically encapsulate into feelings of enmity that go back further than the presenting disagreement.

The strong reaction of resentment almost always never appears to be warranted by what starts it off. Sadly, it’s usually the product of something outstanding in our unconscious thoughts that presents itself to us that should never be intentioned for anyone else.

They're our resentments, those resentments should only be intended for and dealt with by us.

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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4 comments on “Unconscious reckoning”

  2. I agree. We often escalate things in our minds over a period of time. I've made mountains out of molehills by allowing my unconscious thoughts to run amok.

    And so we carry concealed resentment from one experience to another and innocent people sometimes get hurt by that.

    Reply

    1. Yes innocent people sometimes do get hurt when our unconscious thoughts run amok. I agree with you. Thanks Tim.

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