Lists are useful - To Do/reminders,
grocery, etc., & I'm finding that focusing on the positive is really hard
for me, BUT doing lists just doesn't do it for me, sooo, here's my latest
drawing - it's a BIG "plus" sign with some of what I've done.
I always thought that having Anxiety
meant FEELING anxious - & a lot of times it does... but inaccurate thinking
- what are known as cognitive distortions - is ALSO Anxiety (it's how Anxiety
works on your brain).
Here's a couple links - 1 for an
article, & 1 for Wikipedia -
Here's the messed up thinking I
think I get into most frequently -
1) minimizing the positive - the
opposite of paying attention, giving my/yourself credit
2) avoidance - anxiety makes my/you
want to avoid
3) catastrophizing - jumping to
worst case scenario "Something bad's gonna happen," which tends to go
with "what if?"
4) personalizing - it's my fault - i.e. because of my illness,
as opposed to "I didn't choose this, & it just IS, & I'm doing the
best I can"
Is that an intersection?
ReplyDeleteit's a plus sing - I said so in the piece ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhat's a "plus sing?"
ReplyDeleteI meant to say "sign"
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