Awhile back I asked you for your sanity tricks, techniques that help you fight the forces of the dark side. Here are some of the gems.
1. Learn the alphabet.
Do you know why the vowel “I” comes well before the …
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What really helps me is drawing pictures. I never think about what I am going to draw; I let it surprise me, like almost ‘automatic drawing’.
I recently read a quote that says something like: “Art washed away the every day dust from the soul.”
I personally do not find it helpful to scold myself for anything, and which does not mean I never do, but it always ‘backfires’, always. the same is true for ‘trying’. Whenever I try to do something, or try to change something, the behavior becomes worse.
I sort of give myself permission to say to myself both: “God, i amk such a stupid idiot.” and/or also: “Good job.” I don’t take theses thinks too seriously and I don’t see any reason why I should not have a variety of feelings about myself, just as I do about others, and at different times.
I think it really helps to share ‘every day stuff with another person on a regular basis. i have a neighbor and we have ‘bitch sessions’ per e-mail several times a week. It helps so much to get it out, and I always feel better.
kat
PS: For myself it also really helps not to be in therapy. it’s stressful, and, it is stressful, and I have found that staying too long is the worst.
Number 6 is right up my street at the moment, I’ll be eating a bowl of that next wednesday when I go up in a light airplane.
As a panic survivor,when the panic and anxiety seem to bubble up inside me instead of surrendering I say out loud “BRING IT ON”. It empowers me and seems do drive those demons down.