Posted by sunny10 on February 17, 2005, at 13:58:15
In reply to Re: Good to see you, posted by vwoolf on February 17, 2005, at 12:56:29
yes, that's it exactly.
But now that you KNOW this, you need to take special care to PRACTICE.
It's hard to start, I know. I personally felt that the affirmations and stuff were complete bull when I was told by my T to use them, so I just try to focus my attention on other stuff.
Taking a bath with my book.
Taking a hike in the woods.
Going to the library to get new books.
Bought a DVD player (it's SO hard for me to spend money on anything that I WANT, rather than need to survive- but I budgeted until I could do it.)Stuff like that helped me to then start actively looking for ways to improve my outlook on life.
I still get down on myself at times. But I'm at Babble because this is something I do for me. I look for other's opinions on what I can't wrap my head around and I offer my opinion to others.
A win-win scenario, in my opinion...
IF you REALLY have a hard time starting to do things for yourself, then start by doing them for us...amateur reverse psychology, I know, but the idea is that you will start enjoying these things in their own right and do them for you eventually!
big hugs to you!
sunny10
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