Table of Emotions

Unresolved Feelings and their Target Organs

Fire

Small Intestine

Loneliness
Abandoned
Lost
Neglected
Deprived of
Love, Safety,
Closeness,
Nourishment, Warmth
Unable to Receive Dark Secret

Emotional Heart

Acute Grief
Shocked
Broken Trust
Betrayal
Hurt
Deep Yearning
Remorse
Not Loveable
Withholding
Disappointment
Compassion

Physical Heart

Unlived Joy
Self-Protection
Feeling Used
Trapped
Hard-Hearted
Boredom
Uncreative
Bureaucratic
Rigid
Greed
Coldness

Thyroid

Humiliated
Indecisive
Feeling Left Out
Inhibited
Choked
Giving Up
Denial
Having no Right
to Self-
Expression
Not Being Heard
Not Being Seen
Repressed

WOOD

EARTH

Liver

Anger
Frustration
Incapable to Take Action
Withholding all Feelings
Complaining
Self-Sabotage
Disconnected
Unacknowledged
Toxic
Incapable of Standing up for oneself

Gallbladder

Resentment
Victim-Hood
Incapable to Decide
Martyr
Blaming
Self-Pity
Second-Best
Unforgiving
Bitter
Manipulative
False Pride

Spleen/Pancreas

Feeling Inadequate
Not Good Enough
Self-Punishment
Dependent
Lack of Boundaries
Hanging One
Over-Sensitive
Over-Worried
Low Self-Worth
Low Self-Love
Smothered

Stomach

Homelessness
Anxiety
Broken Power
Dislike
Smothering
Hate
“Too Much”
Stressed Out
Too High Demands
Inable to Process Something
Obsessed

Water

Metal

Kidney

Fear
Guilt
Powerless
Broken Will
Deep Disappointment
Demoralized
Bad News
Fright
Deep Exhaustion
Survival
Brutal

Bladder/Sex Organs

Shame
Very Upset
Feeling Paralyzed
Not Standing on One’s Own Feet
Shyness
Hurt
Helpless
Unfullfilled Yearning
Embarrassed
Self-Pity
Resignation

Lung

Chronic Grief
Sadness
Longing For
Feeling Trapped
Isolated
Unhealed Separation
Not Belonging
Despair
Disappointed
Hopeless
Lost Zest of Life

Large Intestine

Overcritical
Controlling
Narrow-Minded
Perfectionist
Dogmatic
Compulsive
Pedantic
Cynical
Miserly
Uptight
Emotional
Incontinence