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Hallucinogenics?

arfie
arfie

This morning's read from one of my Daily Meditation readers suggested that worry is a hallucinogenic on the basis that when we worry, we typically spin off into alternate realities that do not, will not and cannot exist.


That resonates loudly within my own worry compulsions. At present, I keep worrying that the maskites are really an alien invasion force fattening us up for their slaughter houses and subduing us through the divide and conquer approach of social distancing and isolation. 


Chewing. . .


Thoughts?

LyfesClinch
LyfesClinch
Good morning Arfie, you so gave me a reason to smile, darn near a chuckle as I read this in my own hallucinogenic vision :)
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Arfie...this made me smile.

As strange as it seems, your words make sense in the way that imagination, creativity, and exploring the views of our thoughts do.

Thank you for sharing!
arfie
arfie
Ditto for me when I read it this morning. The book is called, 'Daily Meditations For People Who Worry." Doctor Schaef seems to have an endless supply of such points to ponder, coached in gentle and compassionate verbage that makes it easy to say, "Hm-m-m-m-m. . ."
Ash122
Ash122
I thought this was gonna be a way different thread lol
arfie
arfie
Who needs pharmaceuticals, legal or illegal? Anxiety is an all natural high. Trippy plus.
whiteknuckles
whiteknuckles
Great post!
Although I too thought it was something else entirely.
A different change of perspection
One foot in reality and the other in anxiety land.
arfie
arfie
Allowing a shift of perspective counts for quite allot in my own anxiety management. The shift changes nothing in my life circumstances nor the immediate emotions attached but changes quite allot in how I handle them.

Attitude counts. **What** am I taking seriously today?
Italianmomma4ever
Italianmomma4ever
Well said. I'll have to check out that book. I'm glad there's a lot of tips in it. I can use some. Lol Thanks for the info. Happy reading.
Brockster
Brockster
That shift is super important... what I've been learning in my IOP is that I have some deeply rooted irrational beliefs that I did not know I have. One, in particular, seems to be that the world should be the way I want it to be, which includes me having the feelings that I want to feel.

Since the odds of any of that happening are, well, non-existent, I should probably stop making that a condition of me being at peace with life.
arfie
arfie
Those beliefs that are so deeply rooted that I am not even aware of them seem to be the ones which have the most control over my life.

Awareness is a critical step in rooting them out.
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