I reread the Star Wars X-Wing trilogy recently. Pleased that I found it a compelling as when I first read it. Reading for hours at a time, even late into the night. But the stories are what I note most of all. The feelings of joy, the camaraderie, the connection I felt with the characters. […]
The Insidious idea of Perfection
“I’m never going to be good enough”. Sometimes I just can’t shake that feeling. Ashamed of who I am, flawed, weak, shy, introvert. Not like the people who have it together, the happy people. You know the ones who are relaxed in their own skin. In short I wasn’t perfect and I knew it. My […]
Embodied: Addressing anxiety via our physical life
In my extreme anxiety days, it was all about the mind. That is whats going on, what I thought, how I felt. To overcome the trap of thinking so much that is anxiety I had to go elsewhere. A place most of us forget we have until we suffer. Our physical body. Anxiety is overthinking […]
Seeing Impermanence to overcome anxiety.
Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished.” Dan Gilbert These words of a psychologist point out our fundamental mistake we make when it comes to who and what we are. Anxiety, depression, low self-esteem. We think these are features that define who we are, and there is nothing we can do […]
Anxiety, self-esteem and Introversion
Part of the reason why I suffered when I was young was that I had such low self-worth. I felt there was something wrong with me. ‘I just wasn’t good with people.’ ‘No-one wants to be with me or talk to me.’ That’s how I thought of myself. The extroverts, they’re the ones with the […]
How to deal with the darkest moments
‘If you’re going through hell, keep going.’ Winston Churchill There are those moments when I’m in a bad way. In those times I notice just how much the negative side of my personality comes out. Anger Hatred Resentment Despair Bitterness Loneliness Some of these I can’t seem to stop boiling upwards into my thoughts and […]