“It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” -Theodore RooseveltEveryone wants to be happy, right? You’re constantly wishing and/or praying that whatever problems you have in life go away, right? And yet, there’s a feeling, an emotion, that what if you achieve what you want and you fail at maintaining or preserving it?
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INSIDE ANXIETY
“Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” -Traditional ProverbWhat is anxiety beyond the usual textbook definition? A friend of mine once said it felt like her “body, mind and soul were on a perpetual rollercoaster of fear, violent shivering and a heart attack all in one eternal ride.”
HOW NEEL GOT HIS GROOVE BACK
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency.” -Dwayne “The Rock” JohnsonHow did I go from feeling very optimistic to desolate to optimistic again?
“SURVIVOR’S MIND”
Survivor’s Mind is a collection of poetry that is based on a child who has suffered horrific abuse.
ALICE, WE SEE YA & HEAR YA!
“There is no reality, only perception. Identify the filters through which you view the world.” -Dr. PhilImagine this scenario. You’re sitting at your desk, on the phone. You want to write down a number so you reach for a pen and a piece of paper. But as you reach for your pen, it becomes smaller and smaller till you wonder if it’s even there or just a hallucination. With some struggle, you pick up the pen. You reach for a piece of paper but now that seems to messing with your mind too. The paper becomes bigger and bigger till it covers the whole room. Are you going crazy? Relax. You’re not.
DEREALIZATION & DEPERSONALIZATION
“We own our bodies, our dreams…whatever has been taken from us…it is and always has been our own.” -Tianna G. HansenHave you ever felt so overwhelmed by the surrounding environment that everything becomes a fog?
DEATH & THE AFTERMATH
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” -Mitch AlbomIn previous posts, I have talked about dealing with deaths of loved ones. To summarize those posts, I had written about how to keep loving the person that’s gone. I would like to expand on that thought a litte more today.
TRIGGERS
WHAT ARE “TRIGGERS”? THE TRIGGERS I AM REFERRING TO ARE OUR “EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS”. EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS STEM FROM PAST TRAUMA. DEPENDING ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED EMOTIONALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES, WE experience sensitivity to certain things that happen to us in our current state. The only way to deal with the triggers is to trace … Read more