How to Recognize an Emotional Blockage? A Complete Guide to Identifying What's Really Holding You Back / Blog

How to Tell When Your Emotions Are Holding You Back

You wake up in the morning, and something feels off.

Not sick exactly.

Not sad exactly.

Just… heavy.

Dull.

Like you're moving through water.

You have everything you should want—a good job, relationships, a roof over your head—but something is missing.

You can't put your finger on it.

You can't explain it.

Even to yourself.

This isn't a breakdown.

This isn't depression. This isn't laziness.

This is an emotional blockage.

An emotional blockage is trapped energy that can't move through your system.

It's unprocessed emotion—fear, anger, grief, shame—that got stuck somewhere along the way.

And now it's running your life from the shadows.

Most people don't recognise their emotional blocks.

They think their fatigue is just "how life is."

They think their anxiety is "just who they are."

They think their relationship problems are "bad luck."

But none of that is true.

In this guide, you'll discover:

✔ What emotional blocks actually are

✔ How they form in your system

✔ The warning signs that indicate you have one

✔ Why traditional approaches don't always work

✔ How to finally release what's holding you

What Is an Emotional Blockage?

An emotional blockage is energy that has become trapped in your body and energy field.

✔ Every emotion you experience is energy in motion.
✔ Joy moves.
✔ Grief moves.
✔ Anger moves.
✔ These feelings arise, they're processed, and they move on.
✔ Sometimes, an emotion arises, and you can't process it.
✔ Maybe it came at the wrong time.
✔ Maybe it was too painful.
✔ Maybe you were taught that certain feelings aren't allowed.
✔ So you push it down.
✔ You swallow it.
✔ You hold it in.
✔ And there it stays.

Over time, trapped energy accumulates.

More emotions get stuck on top of it.

Eventually, you have a full-blown blockage—a dense cluster of unprocessed feeling that sits in your system and affects everything.

Emotional blocks are real, physical things.

They have weight.

They take up space.

They influence your thoughts, health, relationships, and life choices.

How Do Emotional Blockages Form?

1. Childhood Experiences
If you were taught certain emotions are unacceptable—“boys don’t cry,” “good girls don’t get angry”—you learn to suppress those feelings. Suppression becomes a habit, and habit becomes a blockage.

2. Trauma and Shock
Traumatic experiences overwhelm your system. The emotion that should be processed gets stuck in freeze mode. Years later, that trapped trauma still affects you.

3. Repeated Patterns
Repeated hurt—through toxic relationships, critical parents, unstable environments—adds layers to your block. You start expecting hurt and attracting situations that confirm it.

4. Grief and Loss
When someone or something important leaves your life, modern life pushes you to “move on” quickly. Suppressed grief waits in your system.

5. Suppressed Anger
Anger is often suppressed. It doesn't vanish—it turns inward, creating depression, anxiety, or physical symptoms, or explodes outward, creating conflict.

10 Warning Signs You Have an Emotional Blockage

You Feel Heavy All the Time – carrying invisible weight.
You can't Access Your Emotions – numbness, detachment, emotional avoidance.
You Have the Same Problems Over and Over – toxic relationships, career setbacks, repeated patterns.
You're Exhausted Without Reason – constant fatigue despite proper sleep and nutrition.
You can't Move Forward – knowing what to do but unable to act.
You React Too Strongly to Small Things – minor triggers cause disproportionate reactions.
You Feel Disconnected From Yourself – lost sense of identity or purpose.
You Have Physical Symptoms Without a Medical Cause – chronic pain, headaches, digestive issues, etc.
You Feel Stuck in Your Life – therapy, medication, or self-help hasn't helped.
You Know Something Is Wrong But Can't Name It – intuition signals a block you can’t articulate.

Why Traditional Approaches Don't Always Work

✔ Therapy Works with the Mind – helpful for thoughts and behaviours, but blocks are energetic.

✔ Medication Masks Symptoms – doesn't remove the underlying blockage.

✔ Self-Help Gives Information – intellectual understanding is different from energetic release.

✔ Meditation Helps But Has Limits – awareness is good, but deep energetic work is often needed.

The Energetic Approach to Emotional Blocks

✔ Identify the Block – practitioners use shamanic journeying and energy reading to locate and understand the block.

✔ Honour the Block – recognise it as a protective mechanism developed for safety.

✔ Release the Block – techniques like extraction, soul retrieval, and ancestral healing free the trapped energy.

✔ Integrate the Healing – the system adjusts to the new state, ensuring lasting change.

What Happens When You Release an Emotional Block?

Physical Relief – weight lifts, pain diminishes, energy flows again.

✔ Emotional Freedom – joy, grief, and genuine emotions become accessible.

✔ Mental Clarity – fog lifts, decisions become easier.

✔ Relationship Improvement – stop attracting triggering situations, new patterns emerge.

✔ Life Momentum – forward movement becomes possible, creativity and action return.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I know if I have an emotional blockage?
If several warning signs resonate, you likely have a significant blockage. A practitioner can confirm via energy reading.

Can I release emotional blocks on my own?
Light blocks may respond to journaling, movement, breathwork, or meditation. Deep blocks usually need professional help.

How many sessions do I need?
Depends on the number and depth of blocks. Some feel relief in one session, others need a series.

Is this the same as therapy?
No. This is energetic work, complementary to therapy, not a replacement.

Will I feel anything during the release?
Experiences vary: warmth, tingling, emotions rising, or deeper subconscious shifts. All are normal.

The Bottom Line

Emotional blocks are real and common. They influence your life silently.

You can't think your way out, medicate them away, or self-help past them.

But you can release them.

Working with a trained shamanic practitioner, you can identify, honour, and release your emotional blocks—freeing yourself to feel, move, and live fully.