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Why emotional pain feels more threatening than physical pain

I can sit with physical pain during meditation but when my grief about my divorce arises I immediately distract myself or start spiritual bypassing with acceptance talk.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The nervous system has learned to tolerate bodily discomfort while maintaining unconscious protections against the vulnerability of heartbreak and loss.

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