This video is so inspirational and what I really need at the moment. I especially love - “You used to think that that was really embarrassing, and a sign of weakness, like that you're not strong enough to hold it all in like everybody else. But I don't know - I think it's pretty cool that you cry all the time. I don't see that many people cry, and really feel everything, all of it. And you do, a lot, and that's really cool."
I want to get to this level of loving myself to show that side of myself, I can get quite tearful. But stopped crying around people in my teens. Now I don’t want it to feel like a weakness to show that I feel everything deeply.
Also thank you to everyone who commented on my post yesterday. I’ll reply later, but I’m feeling better today. Not so anxious, I’ve also decided that instead of feeling anxious all day I’m going to try and do something they taught us in group therapy which is worry time.
It’s where if a worry comes up, you refocus on the present and tell yourself that you’ll worry about it later at worry time. Then you give yourself under an hour to think about everything you wanted to worry about that day ( under and hour is a healthy amount of time anymore and it could spiral.) Sometimes you even forget about the some of the things you wanted to worry about.
Going to try and get out of my own head and not ruminate so much and as Kelsey said I need to also practice focusing on gratitude. The 100daysofhappy challenge sounds great, I’m going to try it but not be to hard on myself if I struggle.
