Emotional and psychological pain is like a drug, we get addicted to it. Every time we call up that story that gives us pain, every time we pick at that scab we are mainlining that pain into our veins. Some of us remain addicted all our lives, that's what it feels like when we can't get unstuck. And the fear you feel from trying to move on and get unstuck is actually the withdrawal, that strong pull of resistance is nothing but the symptoms of withdrawal.
The first step to getting through the pain and instigating some change in our lives is to PAY ATTENTION INWARD NOW (PAIN), feel the withdrawal but know that it is possible to break free. In truth, just like a junky living a life of desperation, the potential for LIVING our lives depends on getting off the drug called PAIN.
(Extrapolation of Oprah's Lifeclass with Iyanla Vanzant - March 26, 2012, http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/Oprahs-Lifeclass-Class-Notes-Iyanla-Vanzant)
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