Posted by muffled on June 3, 2006, at 17:00:25
In reply to Re: Civil Letters to Myself, posted by llrrrpp on June 3, 2006, at 11:46:17
Hey llrrrp. Are you getting treatment for your mood swings? Meds? T.? etc? Sorry, you've proly posted and I can't remember. I forget lots I'm afraid.
Moods are most definately not linear. We sort of like sine waves. And the waves can vary. Sometimes too much. Fortunately there IS good treatments available, its a matter of finding what works, and having tons of patience to get thru the hard stuff.
Your post reminds me of how I used to think.
I only figgered this a month or two ago.
But all these weird feelings that feel SO powerful and uncontrollable, are actually just emotions. Our response to what we are thinking. Emotions seem all consuming and all powerful and uncontrollable cuz thats all we have ever known that we can remember.
But they are not.
They are just SIGNALS that we have something going on inside. That is all. They don't have a life of their own, they are not magical.
My T musta told me this a thousand times and I only recently 'got it', and only sort of at that. Logically I understand now, but its VERY hard to break old patterns of thinking.
Please try to say NO !!! to the bad place. Try to redirect your thoughts to good things if you can.
Takes practice.
Have you tried DBT?
I'm supposed to do it in the fall.
Take care,
Remember, I accept ALL of you.
You are ok. You are a person just like me and worthy of respect, just like me. Don't listen to all the b*llshit your mind comes up with to negate that. Lies.
You ARE worthy of love and respect just as you are.
Muffy
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