Don't it always seem to go...
The last week I've been a bit of a mess, emotionally. One day I was awesome, and the next I was feeling quite downtrodden. I hadn't been quite myself, and it was unpleasant. But I certainly could handle it.
One thing I learned was that if I'm going to be any help to myself at all, I must be COMPLETELY honest with myself, even if it means admitting things to myself or entertaining ideas that I absolutely abhor. It may be painful, but it certainly helps me be able to learn about myself and work through the difficulty.
Being brutally honest with myself has 2 advantages from a therapy point of view:
1) It makes me stop exaggerating my flaws, which is no good for me in that it limits me unnecessarily. "I have limitations, I'm not handicapped."
2) It makes me see myself realistically, without rose-coloured glasses. "I am sad; I have feelings and my stability falters, I'm not made of stone and emotionally unaffected by life."
I'm feeling like myself again, and this is what I've learned from this experience.
One thing I learned was that if I'm going to be any help to myself at all, I must be COMPLETELY honest with myself, even if it means admitting things to myself or entertaining ideas that I absolutely abhor. It may be painful, but it certainly helps me be able to learn about myself and work through the difficulty.
Being brutally honest with myself has 2 advantages from a therapy point of view:
1) It makes me stop exaggerating my flaws, which is no good for me in that it limits me unnecessarily. "I have limitations, I'm not handicapped."
2) It makes me see myself realistically, without rose-coloured glasses. "I am sad; I have feelings and my stability falters, I'm not made of stone and emotionally unaffected by life."
I'm feeling like myself again, and this is what I've learned from this experience.