Ive done 3 so far now, I also decided to add WHY I react that way, because in doing this Ive come to realise, just in the small amount Ive done so far, how ridiculous and irrational my thoughts can be, but Ive found that there are past events that have caused me to think that way, acknowledging that emphasises that the thoughts arent 'irrational' as such, because there was a time when I needed to think that way. For example, I sent my mother 7 messages to her phone, none of which she replied to. The first thought in my mind, was not she might have her phone off, but perhaps she had commited suicide or was murdered. A bit on the dramatic side yes. But, there was a time when that was a very big possibility, I remember when she used to tell me how she wound kill herself, how she wanted her funeral. I was SO prepared in fact that if it happened and I found her, I would have barely reacted. Of course it turns out she was just asleep. But this thought process is an every day occurrence for me. Actually writing it down and then looking at it really opens my eyes to what Im actually doing to myself.
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