Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
with the passing of the 3rd anniversary of my son's death, i have been psychopating like a beaten crazy bitch wolf. i have been all over the proverbial map with my emotions, etc. one of last week's meditation reads has been resonating with me loudly enough that i thought i'd reinforce the meditation, gently edited to fit this diverse community, by typing it out here.
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when i first started on my healing journey, i thought that anger, resentment, jealousy, and fear were "bad" feelings. healing has helped me to learn that feelings are neither good nor bad --they are simply part of who i am.
i have come to realize that good has sometimes come as a result of those feelings. anger has prompted some constructive changes in my life. resentment has made me so uncomfortable that i have had to learn to combat it --as a result i have learned how to pray for other people. jealousy has taught me to keep my mouth shut when i know i will say irrational, destructive things. and fear has been perhaps my greatest gift because it forces me to make conscious contact with my higher power.
now that the negative has become the positive, i am better able to accept the whole picture. there is no more need to judge or hate myself just because i experience a human feeling
today's reminder
feelings may not be comfortable, but that doesn't make them bad. with a change of attitude, i have choices about what to do with my feelings. anything can be used for my good if i allow it. recogniziing this opportunity may take every ounce of imagination i have, but maybe that's why god gave me imagination to begin with.
my feelings are neither right nor wrong but important by virtue of being mine.
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today i leave the mood icon squarely on "okay." methinks the episode is stablizing
thank you for the space to share. open discussion. thoughts, opinions, hyper-links and unsolicited advice welcome.
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