Resentment

Resentment is like onions. It repeats. It lies in the gut and stagnates. This stagnation causes stasis; it stops you moving forward. You are holding on to undigested feelings related to events form the past. This is poor emotional hygiene. You carry resentment around as a grudge. But you don’t do anything about it. It shows in your body language. Resentment keeps you impotent, although it may give you a false sense of power – something bitter to hold on to.

Because resentment, unexpressed anger, is toxic, it is stored in your body. It makes you sick, often overweight because toxins are stored in fat, and toxic emotions create toxic chemicals in the blood. At the least your functioning and relating is less than optimum. You carry resentment from when you were too young or too afraid to be able to articulate anger. You grow up with the habit of not speaking up. Resentment stored in the gut affects digestion, assimilation of nutrients and fat accumulation. Hence fat in that area is the most difficult to shift.

If you are carrying resentment, you grew up with the habit of not articulating or communicating, even though you can. When you articulate your anger and resentment you can convert it into creative action, understanding and acceptance. Held resentment poisons relationships.