Disclosing Your Feelings May Help The Course Of RA | Arthritis Information

 

The health and physiological effects of an intervention which facilitates the opening of feelings are described in a paper published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

The efficacy of emotional disclosure in alleviating psychological and physical stress has been well documented in controlled laboratory studies. A next step is to evaluate its clinical utility in 'real world' settings. A group of Dutch investigators adapted the emotional disclosure intervention for use in home-based settings by stimulating the suggested effective ingredients of cognitive-emotional processing, and evaluated its psychological and clinical effectiveness.

Reviews indicated the need to examine the physiological changes brought about by emotional disclosure, which may be particularly relevant in immune-mediated diseases. This study was the first to examine neuroendocrine and immune changes after emotional disclosure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Sixty-eight patients were randomly assigned to four weekly oral emotional disclosure or time management sessions.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154404.phpdo you feel better, Lynn?  I disclosed and I know I felt better doing just that!!

Can someone explain what they mean by "emotional disclosure"?  Sounds interesting.Clearing the air, in my fully subjective and completely personal, opinion is a highly underrated tool for enhancing and maintaining personal sanity. It follows that physical well-being would also be enhanced.

I disclose frequently and, at least on occasion, loudly. So its not just the "others" who start the trouble making threads, its our dear Lynn49 the one who comes over all sweet and innocent....see ive  disclosed my feeling...do i feel better, not really. [QUOTE=LinB]I love to disclose,...It certainly clears the air, gives the other person an understanding of where you stand and what's going on.  It's also a very useful for helping to find answers to problems..[/QUOTE]
Used as a _constructive_ tool rather than a _destructive_weapon, disclosing our deep-seated emotions, our lack of understanding, our angst, our anger, and our bewilderment has proven to be invaluable to Bob and I.

If I find myself being defensive, resentful, or any of 100 other emotions, taking about it clears the air, sets the stage (so to speak) for deeper discourse, and provides an opportunity for Bob to speak his mind.

However, there is a big difference between disclosing and demeaning. Brother~ Have I ever been doing this lately!  I have positively been regurgitating disclosure!  Have I thanked you all enough???  DH thanks you too!

Together, we get through!
[QUOTE=waddie]Brother~ Have I ever been doing this lately!  I have positively been regurgitating disclosure!  Have I thanked you all enough???  DH thanks you too!

Together, we get through!
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