anxiety_millennial
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Something that I have learned in the last 5 years of my anxiety treatment is about resilience.
In each therapy session when I blame the anxiety my psychiatrist always use the phrase "DESPITE OF ..." It means that no matter what happens to you in life, you have to move on. Fear cant paralyz and limit your behavior. You have to learn to live with those ugly sensations that anxiety has. Not trying to avoid them but living with them.
I learned that in life there is no button to stop time and go back 20 years to correct something. This does not stop! You can not live in the past. But nobody is born knowing this. You learn by living!
An example of "DESPITE OF.." would be "Yes, is it true that i am depressed and I have thoes ugly feelings of anxiety but DESPITE OF this I'll get out of bed and go to college". Or "DESPITE that my girlfriend or boyfriend does not want to be with me anymore, I am going to go out for a while to have fun with friends!". I always have this phrase in my mind. Now that I think about it, I would tattoo it haha. That is why today I would like you to put it into practice. When you see that your mind is trying to sabotage your dreams or limiting your behavior always remember this phrase "Despite of..."
In each therapy session when I blame the anxiety my psychiatrist always use the phrase "DESPITE OF ..." It means that no matter what happens to you in life, you have to move on. Fear cant paralyz and limit your behavior. You have to learn to live with those ugly sensations that anxiety has. Not trying to avoid them but living with them.
I learned that in life there is no button to stop time and go back 20 years to correct something. This does not stop! You can not live in the past. But nobody is born knowing this. You learn by living!
An example of "DESPITE OF.." would be "Yes, is it true that i am depressed and I have thoes ugly feelings of anxiety but DESPITE OF this I'll get out of bed and go to college". Or "DESPITE that my girlfriend or boyfriend does not want to be with me anymore, I am going to go out for a while to have fun with friends!". I always have this phrase in my mind. Now that I think about it, I would tattoo it haha. That is why today I would like you to put it into practice. When you see that your mind is trying to sabotage your dreams or limiting your behavior always remember this phrase "Despite of..."
