All I'm Sayin' Is... 🫦
Just like
ones we have loved and lost,
we can't bring 'the Past' with us
into the future.
Only memories of it.
So, one way
I view the process of being emotionally healthy
and not
living in 'the past'
is to handle it much just like grief.
Have you lost someone you love?
0%Unfortunately, Yes I have. 😢
0%Fortunately, I haven’t experienced a loss yet. 🙏
For help please reach out. 🙏 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
So, you know how
we will usually have some kind of
cultural, spiritual, or religious tradition
that they perform ~
it helps us
in saying goodbye to loved ones . 🪦
Well, besides those
all important aspects of our
coping processes,
we also go through a more internal process
of accepting and transforming our lives.
Depending on the loss,
this can be a tremendous
and seemingly impossible task.
Some of us have lost
children, parents, and significant others.
Friends, other family members,
instructors, mentors, and more.
So many people effect us ~ our daily lives.
We don't even
consider the impacts
of the loss ~
until we experience it.
With All that being said 🤦🏾♀️,
I wanted to
share some thoughts that
I have found helpful.
~ Prayer. ~
Do you pray? 🙏
0%Yes
0%No
For you Atheists I can share a few scientific facts with you:
Imaging studies have shown that the brains of religious believers function differently from non-believers.
Praying is correlated with the activation of specific brain regions that differ from those when not praying.
Thoughts and prayers do involve different brain regions, in addition, the brains of believers and non-believers may function in quite different ways.
~ Acknowledge Fears. ~
Being afraid is human.
We all become afraid and rightfully so 💯.
Changing your plans for the future is no small task.
But, believe it or not
you and I have already done it
so many times before in our lives.
Part of our human experience
is our ability to adapt.
And for you fellas,
acknowledging fears isn't cowardice
~ running from a fear is cowardice.
Now before you cut up,
not running from danger
~ running from fear.
~ Take it One Day at a Time. ~
None of us can control time,
so trying
to 'get over it'
is useless.
Instead accept how you feel.
Pay attention to your grief.
How your body responds to it.
And take care of yourself.
Give yourself grace and take care of yourself ~ the way you would want a loved one to take care of themselves ~ if they lost you.
These few things
help me in burying the past.
It's difficult to let go of good times.
It's difficult to redirect our lives
~ especially for those of us
with a kind of tunnel vision 🤷🏽♀️.
But hey, we got this!
All I'm Sayin' Is...🫦
Burying the Past:
It isn't easy.
But it's necessary.
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