We can't choose whether our physical or mental conditions stay or go. But we CAN choose how we think of it.
Imagine repeating these thoughts about our conditions dozens of times a day:
Anxiety and depression aren't a choice.
I wish this would just go away.
I am always suffering.
I can't stand the pain anymore.
It SUCKS to have _________.
Now all these thoughts may be true. Our conditions aren't a choice. It does suck to go through them, and the pain can often be unbearable.
But try repeating those above thoughts even just 5 times right now...
...it's miserable, right?! And they actually make the physical and emotional pain WORSE.
I'm not saying we have to think rainbows and daisies about them, but what we do think about them MATTERS.
And today, I want to offer you some alternative thoughts until you get to a point of seeing your conditions as life-long companions, because many, if not all of them, will be with us for the rest of our lives.
Anxiety and depression aren't a choice, but how I think of them are.
I don't like I'm experiencing this, but I am working on living with it.
I am always overcoming and persevering.
This is painful, but I can still live. OR This is painful, but I can't stand not living anymore.
It SUCKS to have _________, but I am working on still living despite __________.
Try repeating those a dozen times a day versus the first ones and although it may not bring unicorns...I guarantee you they will NOT feel as heavy or painful as the first ones.
Drop a 💜 if you want to try some of the alternative thoughts this week to see if they serve you better! And share the second image to your stories for someone who may need it!
