All Metaphysics

I’ve been away from my computer and now am back at it! I had some resposibilities to take care of and some much needed me time. I took some of this time to reflect on my own anxiety response to things that jump up at me or that dreaded, for no reason, anxiety feeling. It’s so funny (not ha ha funny) that we have a tendency to wait for it, expect it and then say those words, “here we go again” when it hits us. I decided awhile back to try to minimize this response as much as possible and I can tell you that while I am not 100% perfect at it, what I’m going to talk about today, works so well!

We all have a tendency to spiral either from the past or into the future. Some of us do this way more than others, causing anxiety and worry. Anxiety is driven by our past experiences telling ourselves this is the way we should respond or gear up for an event, imagined or real. Worrying is our forward future spiral about all that is a possibility, however all of those thoughts actually also come from our past experiences and thought processes. It is amazing how if we change a couple small things we can help ourselves out of such predicaments.

So, how can we do this? Well, we can learn to change our mind and I don’t mean that flipantly. We literally have to change our minds from a learned response. If your automatic response to anxiety and worry is to wring your hands and replay events over and over in your head of the worst possible scinario, that is what needs changing. It sounds hard but the first step is realization, aknowledging this is what you are doing. Sit with that for a minute and feel how that feels. It feels terrible! Then we decide to feel differently, how would we rather feel. I’d rather feel calm and accepting that everything will work out fine. There are techniques that make this possible. Sounds like mumbo jumbo garbage when youre in the middle of these crappy feelings, but I’m telling you it works!

Once we begin to adjust our inner conversations with ourselves, our body responds in kind. The fight or flight reactions are diminished and eradicated, the reactions that give us all that stress. If you want to learn a few techniques on how to do this I can suggest several. Some work better for some than others do, so you’ll be able to try them out and see what fits. I personally still use a couple different methods when I begin to feel the need.

Dr. Joe Dispenza says that ‘what wires together fires together’, we want to wire the reaction to fire the way we want it to! Our past experiences mold our reactions and drive the bus per say when we opperate on automatic mode. If we change this bus driver to US, WE get to drive it consciously rather than subconsciously, then we open up a huge potential for more peace in our lives.

We all have people in our lives, or maybe it’s you, that when asked how they are today often respond with a negative response. Even if feeling great, it is as if a positive response might emit a level of fakeness or boasting. The world is not expecting you to be miserabe! In fact everyone really wants to know how WELL you are, so think hard before getting out of bed tomorrow morning, what is really well with me right now? If you struggle to find that one thing then invent it, take a fantastic shower, make a perfect cup of coffee, call a loved one just to say you love them! There you go, three things you could remark on. “I’m great, called my brother and said I loved him after a great shower followed by a perfect cup of coffee!”

You have but one thing promised to you in this trip around the sun. The promise of this very moment right now. This one. Right now. It comes and goes as fast as you get it but it’s all you get for sure. The next moment might be your last and to think you didnt appreciate and enjoy this would be a tragedy in itself. We have all lost in life, we have all suffered some horrible sddness. I am not talking about disregarding that or those events. I’m speaking of the continued struggle to overcome our anxiety and worry about all of it and everything else to come inspite of what we have already lived through. Wouldn’t it be great to feel better? Reach out, lets get you rewired!