Feeling Down, Obsessing Myself To Crazy Town

[Ruby 26]

You're losing. That's the important thing, right? How much and when are less important than the fact that you're losing. Try some of these things for the obsessing:

1. Write down the ruminating thought(s). Those repetitious phrases that echo round & round in your head, write them down.

2. On a scale of 1 to 100, rate how much you believe the thought to be true. (1 not at all, 100, totally)

3. Under that thought, write down anything - anything at all - that contradicts the thought.

4. Now write down as a percentage how much you struggled with these kind of thoughts before surgery & wls.

5. Carefully re-read everything you've written, and come to a conclusion about the repetitious thoughts.

6. Re-rate their accuracy based on the objective information you've gathered.

7. Visualize yourself shrinking the thought(s) into their proper perspective in relation to the truth of your life.

It takes mindfulness, but it works.

Lastly, I'd suggest you see a nutritionist if you're not already to discuss the "Always having a Gatorade in my hand" thing. Maybe this could maybe be translated into something more helpful (and healthful). You could also change up your exercise routine a bit (there's great suggestions in that forum) and you could try SuperBetter (as an app if you've got an iPhone or iPad, or online at www.superbetter.com if not) for encouragement and support.

Keep at it... setbacks and stalls are not failure. Giving up is.

CE

Love this!! I may need to try this myself.