I read something this week that really hit home and it hit me from two sources: Martha Beck's book, The Way of Integrity, and Dr. Zach Bush's instagram feed.
Dr. Bush mentioned a study where researchers placed people inside a Faraday cage (an electromagnetically isolated chamber) and recorded their energetic emissions as they recalled different emotional stories. The expectation was that positive emotions like love and joy would produce the highest vibrations. What really happened surprised everyone, including me: negative emotions like grief, anger, despair, often generated even higher spikes. What?! Not what I would have imagined as "high vibe"....
The common factor wasn't high or low emotions actually. It was truth. It was integrity. It was about people being in their authenticity -- raw, real, and present. This then made sense to me. What an aha moment.
Notice if you feel more relaxed after admitting any of these things. If these don't resonate at all and there's something else you'd like to admit to yourself, try that too. Let it out, let it go. Voicing your truth, being raw and real, is the ultimate emotional detox.
I hope you feel lighter.