. I just started session 3 a few days ago and have been working on my positive self talk. I was nervous about going to work today because last Thur 7/3 we got out of work early for the holiday, I was off for July 4th and then of course Sat and Sun and I also had a planned vacation day yesterday. Well most people would think a 4 day mini vacation would be nice but I was nervous because being off so many days from work I was afraid I wouldn't want to go back. Plus, my job just instituted a 4 day work, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm and then you get off on Friday. Again, something that most people would feel excited about but I was nervous about the longer day and being able to stay at work. Well I started off the day with my positive thoughts and self talk and the morning went by smoothly. Then it was lunch time I decided to go home on my lunch. On my way back to work my stomach started to hurt and then there was a car accident on my normal route back so I had to take a different way. I was about 2 minutes from work waiting at a traffic light and I started to panic. But this time I started to float with it instead of run. I did want to run but I told myself no and that there was nothing really wrong. I got to work and still felt anxious and jittery but I tried distracting myself. It finally subsided. I am proud of myself for not running away and making it the whole day. I even went to the bank after work and ran some errands. I will keep using my self talk to help me and always try positive thoughts to make myself calmer and more happy.Feeling Accomplished!
I feel very accomplished today . I just started session 3 a few days ago and have been working on my positive self talk. I was nervous about going to work today because last Thur 7/3 we got out of work early for the holiday, I was off for July 4th and then of course Sat and Sun and I also had a planned vacation day yesterday. Well most people would think a 4 day mini vacation would be nice but I was nervous because being off so many days from work I was afraid I wouldn't want to go back. Plus, my job just instituted a 4 day work, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm and then you get off on Friday. Again, something that most people would feel excited about but I was nervous about the longer day and being able to stay at work. Well I started off the day with my positive thoughts and self talk and the morning went by smoothly. Then it was lunch time I decided to go home on my lunch. On my way back to work my stomach started to hurt and then there was a car accident on my normal route back so I had to take a different way. I was about 2 minutes from work waiting at a traffic light and I started to panic. But this time I started to float with it instead of run. I did want to run but I told myself no and that there was nothing really wrong. I got to work and still felt anxious and jittery but I tried distracting myself. It finally subsided. I am proud of myself for not running away and making it the whole day. I even went to the bank after work and ran some errands. I will keep using my self talk to help me and always try positive thoughts to make myself calmer and more happy.
. I just started session 3 a few days ago and have been working on my positive self talk. I was nervous about going to work today because last Thur 7/3 we got out of work early for the holiday, I was off for July 4th and then of course Sat and Sun and I also had a planned vacation day yesterday. Well most people would think a 4 day mini vacation would be nice but I was nervous because being off so many days from work I was afraid I wouldn't want to go back. Plus, my job just instituted a 4 day work, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm and then you get off on Friday. Again, something that most people would feel excited about but I was nervous about the longer day and being able to stay at work. Well I started off the day with my positive thoughts and self talk and the morning went by smoothly. Then it was lunch time I decided to go home on my lunch. On my way back to work my stomach started to hurt and then there was a car accident on my normal route back so I had to take a different way. I was about 2 minutes from work waiting at a traffic light and I started to panic. But this time I started to float with it instead of run. I did want to run but I told myself no and that there was nothing really wrong. I got to work and still felt anxious and jittery but I tried distracting myself. It finally subsided. I am proud of myself for not running away and making it the whole day. I even went to the bank after work and ran some errands. I will keep using my self talk to help me and always try positive thoughts to make myself calmer and more happy.-
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First i love that picture of your little dog, what an angel. Speaking of angels, it never hurts to ask for just a little help from GOD as I am sure you know. I tell you the power of prayer is amazing. It alows for us to turn over our worries, guilt, insufficiencies, frustrations and negetive thoughts to a higher power who has made it his business to run our lives for us, not the other way around.
Curiously I have always wondered when I have had the 'running' feeling where it is that I would run to and when I got there, what would have changed? It always come back to sparking the negetive thoughts in the first place, like setting in a traffic jam, elevator, etc. Those are places that if we think "hey suddenly I am not in control here", and that freaks us out. But, if yah think about it, we are in a traffic jam because we are on our way to some place and sitting there, along with everyone else, is just a process part of life because we got to get to where we are going. Your in control because you drove there in the first place and your in control because you choose to be patient, just relax, think about something wonderful and nice, instead of dwelling on the "what if, what if, what if". So what if, the lite will eventually turn green. Can you imagine 7 hours later your still sitting at the lite hahah, that is hilarious - in and of itself is very funny and fun things make us laugh. Being so serious and picking apart every little moment and trying to analyze the heck out of it never helped me during my peak anxious periods years ago. Oh sure i still get a little weird at times, it comes and goes. Mostly I just remain positve, turn my negetive thoughts over to GOD, look forward to long weekends so I can get out and enjoy life and live live live. Your on your way kido, I am so proud of you that your finally feeling better and better. Just think, next week your going to know even more and your going to feel even better. Yeahoooooooo!
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Curiously I have always wondered when I have had the 'running' feeling where it is that I would run to and when I got there, what would have changed? It always come back to sparking the negetive thoughts in the first place, like setting in a traffic jam, elevator, etc. Those are places that if we think "hey suddenly I am not in control here", and that freaks us out. But, if yah think about it, we are in a traffic jam because we are on our way to some place and sitting there, along with everyone else, is just a process part of life because we got to get to where we are going. Your in control because you drove there in the first place and your in control because you choose to be patient, just relax, think about something wonderful and nice, instead of dwelling on the "what if, what if, what if". So what if, the lite will eventually turn green. Can you imagine 7 hours later your still sitting at the lite hahah, that is hilarious - in and of itself is very funny and fun things make us laugh. Being so serious and picking apart every little moment and trying to analyze the heck out of it never helped me during my peak anxious periods years ago. Oh sure i still get a little weird at times, it comes and goes. Mostly I just remain positve, turn my negetive thoughts over to GOD, look forward to long weekends so I can get out and enjoy life and live live live. Your on your way kido, I am so proud of you that your finally feeling better and better. Just think, next week your going to know even more and your going to feel even better. Yeahoooooooo!
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Starting session three. Boy, what we do to ourselves with all of this negative talk, huh? I set a goal to practice working on my limitations at least three times this week. I just got finished working on the second one, and I am proud of myself. In a few days I will be going to Universal Studios with my family......I WILL have a great time!