It's about doing
something - as simple is getting up if you're lying down, looking out the
window, getting a drink of water, thinking about your breathing, or yes doing a
different activity - different. It's getting your brain on a different track,
into a different groove.
It's about recognizing
that thinking about thing "x" AGAIN really isn't going to be helpful.
I'm working on this.
Anxiety demands
perfection - if something's perfect, you won't feel anxious right? But the
trouble is that perfect is very, very seldom possible - personally, I don't
think it ever is. So you end up stuck. So I'm trying to ditch the whole
"perfect" business.
Lastly, when I find
myself feeling like "wow, is this really my life now?" I'm trying to
catch myself and say "you know what, you didn't ask for this right? you
didn't ask to get sick, and have all this crap to deal with, but it happened,
and you're doing the best you can, right? yeah, you're doing the best you can.
Give yourself the same compassion
you give others!"
