Living life as it comes
Hello and welcome to the Thoughts that Bind! And if you’re returning, welcome back! Thank you for tuning into our topic today, as it’s an incredibly individual and important one. I wanted to talk to you all about happiness, and how to finally be happy in your life, which is something we all could use a refresher course on.
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Hello, and welcome back to the Thoughts that Bind! Now, we talk a lot on this site about how to succeed in life and make yourself stick to what it is that you want to get done. These skills are incredibly important when it comes to being able to live a life that you’re proud of. But at some point, it all falls flat. Because it’s not the be-all, end-all for life. And today, I want to talk about the other side of that coin.
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“I’m so jealous of people who can just cut someone out of their life without a second thought.” I read this online somewhere, and it struck a chord with me. So today, I thought I’d examine this topic more closely.
Continue reading “Do I cut them out? (a discussion about boundaries and lifestyle)”
I want you to sit down for a moment. Now, take a deep breath and remember a time when you felt truly at peace, happy, or excited. You can even close your eyes if you want. Really get into the memory. What were you seeing? Feeling? What about who you were with? Was it hot outside? Try to work up a really vivid memory. And once you have open your eyes.
Continue reading “How to reminisce without making yourself sad”
We’ve been tiptoeing around the subject long enough on this website. It’s time to finally talk about journaling! Is journaling worth it? Is it silly? And what can it do for you? Let’s go!
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There’s a page in my diary that has just one sentence on it. It says, “Triggers are different than boundaries, but both are relevant.” I wrote it when I was feeling wistful, trying to communicate with myself a concept that was fuzzy to me, in language I didn’t right then understand. I do that often, when I write to myself. Make vague statements and metaphors that feel so right, and then later I come back to them to see if they have any weight. This one did. And we’re going to talk about it today.
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It’s a buzz word today in wellness and mental health circles: inner child work. So we’re going to talk about it. What it is, how to do it, and what it can do. So buckle in everyone, and let’s get started.
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“Stay strong, my warrior” Katrina typed to her girlfriend who was on the other side of the city, in her bathroom, crying. It had been a hard day, and she found herself thinking the dark thoughts again. Katrina worried, she knew that sometimes, she wasn’t so safe, so stable. She knew that sometimes she thought about hurting herself. If only she could be there, to give her loved one a hug and wipe her tears away and tell her that everything would be alright. But maybe it would not be alright.
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It’s no secret, I’ve talked about therapy a lot on this site. I’ve given you a story of when I was in therapy, a piece on if you should be in therapy, a post on if you should quit therapy, not to mention a smattering of other pieces as well as mentions of therapy in posts where therapy is not the main topic. That’s because it’s been a big part of my getting better, and for those of you who have access and can afford it, I think it could be an important tool for you. (That’s what this is about, after all, expanding our tool belts.) But today, I’m doing something a little different.
Continue reading “After therapy ends: Pt. 1 Therapy should end”
I can’t stand people who are condescending to the mentally ill. They say things like “can’t you just get over it?” and “you’re overreacting, chill out.” These are people who either lack empathy or have no idea what it’s like to have your mind betray you at every turn. And something these people often imply is that you can just choose to be okay when you’re not. So today let’s look at that. Is it true?
Continue reading “Can you choose your feelings?: My Two Cents”
