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I am easily triggered into a feeling of contraction by thoughts of death and loss of loved ones. As a child I feared the loss of my mother, and not knowing how to be an adult. Now I fear the loss of my husband (his death). Fear of not being able to take care of my self in old age, to be incapacitated, in a nursing home. Not trusting myself to be a good money manager. So many dark future thoughts it’s hard to be present and relaxed now. How do I shift out of this ‘imprint’? It seems like the more I focus on the positive the worse I feel.

It sounds like you are suffering from the impact of core fractures.This can be a trauma you experienced during your life time, or one that you inherited the imprints from in your DNA.
nThese types of traumas can result in fear of success and fear of loss. Both of...

What can I do to make myself feel more positive emotions?

I have suppressed my emotions for decades, and I realized yesterday that I don’t even feel positive emotions towards God. While there are things that can make me happy, I have difficulty bringing up positive emotions. I seem to feel things on the level of the...