This one is the toughest steps: directing my thoughts is somewhat like a traffic policeman standing out in the middle of a highway during a storm. Some of the drivers (thoughts) get a bit agitated when the dude in the neon vest tells them they can't go a certain way...that if they do, they will regret it. Oh yes, they will. Because getting their brains out of the gutter (where toxic emotions live) proves more difficult than you think. I have a bunch of creative ways--much like the policeman's hand signals--in which I like to untwist my distorted thoughts...such as differentiating between fiction (fantasy) and nonfiction (reality) in my busy noggin.
Pray or Meditate
Sometimes this is easier than at other times. And I do it in many forms--as mantras ("I am enough," "I am loved," "Peace...") during my runs, or a quiet ten minutes in my bedroom with a lit candle and a Bible verse, or singing "Alleluia!" with a congregation of Catholics at church on Sunday, or meditating in lotus pose at a yoga class, or simply as a vague consciousness of the divine presence as I'm folding the laundry.
Surrender
There are times, though, when none of my tools works.?Then there is nothing left for me to do but?surrender. I have to tell my neurotic brain that I let go of trying to make it happy. And I wait...sometimes a day or a week, other times a month or more, to feel better. But I eventually do. I always do. And so will you.
Depression Part 6Originally from: http://www.nursinglink.monster.com/news/articles/12678-depression-part-6
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