Last Thursday, I’d Facetime’d with my psychologist, whose professional prowess has, yet again, broadened my scope (so as to rebalance a fear that I’d revealed) by offering my emotional reaction an expansive sense of logic that my anxiety (based in my upbringing) had forbidden my mind to process on my own.
Thank goodness for Gary, whose astute awareness of my personal growth provides my processor’s connection to pre-worry with a guiding light whenever my personal perceptions have, yet again, begun to wander through darkened tunnels where fear of ‘what if’ reigns supreme.
Each time my thought processor stresses over ‘what if this terrible thing should happen’, I have learned to challenge my whole self to ‘live in the moment’, thus redirecting my thoughts to focus solely on ‘right now’ before my previous thoughts have had time to stimulate anxiety to spike.
This does not mean that the fear I’d revealed to Gary concerning ‘what if’ has been vanquished but rather that my anxiety level lowers each time I remember to weave logic, more readily, into my processor’s natural thinking pattern (imprinted deeply during my youth) so as to re-stabilize my personal sense of regrounding myself (in this very moment) though matters concerning the unpredictable future remain beyond my control. Whew! And Amen! To having sought guidance toward adopting a mindful method of stress reduction, which, with practice, empowers my processor to calm pre-worrisome thoughts concerning situations that may actually never manifest outside of the fearful portion of my mind.
Annie
If joy is an inside job, so is regaining peace of mind.
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