I'm just starting with Paraliminals. Today I was listening to session A of "Break the Habit", and the part where I was instructed to visualize the negative in the past and leave it behind really choked me up.

The negative memory I was visualizing was so painful, that I started to cry in the middle of the session. I finished listening to the session, but then I had a bit of a breakdown crying afterward for 10-15 minutes. In fact, I just started crying again just typing this post.

Is this kind of emotional reaction normal? A sign that I need to stop, or just work through it? Curious if anyone else has this type of strong emotional response. I always envisioned meditation being much more calm and peaceful, not painful.

Thanks

If you chose a difficult memory, yes it can be. What one often does when they let go of something they let go by crying. Allow the experience to be what it was. Neither good nor bad. Just a sign that some releasing was taking place.

Alex