NFH #20 - Repressed Emotions & The Present Moment

5-minute mental health newsletter.

Author

Nick Horton
January 22, 2023

Never Fully Heard is a space for men to listen to and engage in open, vulnerable & uncomfortable conversations to help improve their mental health being.

In today's edition:

Self-reflection question of the week: What activities make me feel present to the moment?

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It's Sunday, let's go!

Before reading I want you to do four box breaths.

Exhale to a count of four, holding your lungs empty for a four-count, inhaling at the same pace, and holding air in your lungs for a count of four before exhaling.

Repeat 4 times.

Link to podcast here

  • What motivated Freddy to get into therapy

  • What is therapy?

  • What is an addiction

  • Acting out behavioural contracts from our childhood

  • How to notice addictive behaviours

  • Porn addiction and it's delayed impacts

  • Why men feel lost and can't connect with their masculinity

❓Self-reflection question ❓

What activities make me feel present to the moment?

It's easy to go through life stuck in your own head

Work, sleep, repeat

It's easy to forget the present moment is all we have

Finding things that bring you into the present and out of your head can help bring a sense of peace and happiness.

For me this is Tennis, running, seeing friends and a cold shower

Try this week to find the present moment as many times as possible even if just for a few moments

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