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Originally Posted by JessLynn
I have gone to the emergency room because on a walk I spontaneously felt the need to just walk into traffic. I have been to the emergency room for suicidal ideation twice now, and all they do is give me medication that makes me very sleepy and knocks me out for about a day. I am at such a loss. Is that really the only way to make these feelings go away?
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Hopefully you have a psychiatrist helping you?
Right now, I am trying to learn cognitive behavioral therapy. I'll summarize what I learned so far, in case it might be interesting to you.
The left brain thinks in words, and the right brain thinks in emotions, sensations, etc. When the left brain thinks of a word, the right brain visualizes that word. The right brain cannot visualize "not". If I think to myself "I am not a bird", the right brain will visualize a bird.
Whatever the right brain visualizes creates feelings. If the right brain visualizes something scary, then the body begins to feel anxiety.
So, if a person can control the words that he/she thinks, then that person can control how he/she feels. What we see and hear and smell creates words in our left brain, and those WORDS define how we feel - not our circumstances. We can CHOOSE the words we think so that they create more pleasant and positive feelings.
I'm not sure if any of that is helpful or not. I hope you find a way to feel better.
