excited about going to work

Who also has mental health challenges. We were sitting in the living room and for a moment we had a group discussion (with him included) and then things settled down. A couple of us started to just look at our phones and two had a side conversation. I picked up in my periphery that the young man looked at me as in wanting conversation. I think that’s what it was but then he started to talk about his global vision that no one liked him, he’s always left out, he feels bad. We tried to encourage him to the contrary as we were all just talking to him. But in his reaction I saw how a tiny blip made him go global about his feelings.

Taking that example to heart, when I was at work and feeling stressed I noticed how my vision started to go negatively global too. The stress and my reaction automatically and unconsciously at that moment started to color

how I thought others regarded me. I caught myself though and stepped back from that global outlook as I know it isn’t accurate. It was really helpful. It left me feeling stronger and more present!