Letting the negative self talk go
Yesterday I wrote a post saying how I struggle with saying a lot of negative things to myself and I got a lot of helpful suggestions.
Sometimes challenging my inner bully can be almost impossible, especially in the moment when i'm angry or upset at myself. But there is alternative, recognising that the inner bully is there and giving myself space to recognise it, accept and let it pass.
Have a look at this link where @Kaz-RO explains a bit more of the process.
@Ben-RO suggested that I make a thread so that a few us can work on this together, I know that I find doing things with other people a lot easier.
Hopefully some of you want to work on this too and we'll use this thread to talk about how we're all going with it and post some updates!
Haha okay! I will do that one too!
How'd you find it?
Have you done Mindfulness stuff before?
@Ben-RO no, I've never done mindfulness before, I was going to do one the other day but I couldn't get it to work. It was interesting, although thinking about my breathing started to make me feel a bit panic-y.
Hey @Grake! If you feel up to it, maybe have a go at an easier one?
Have a go at Mindfulness 101> Body scan
Only if you feel up to it 🙂
I think it's cool that you were able to make that call for yourself @Creativegirl12!
@Grake it's actullay okay to get distracted. It's like building muscles or training up for a sport. It takes a little work to get awesome at it.
Did you feel better, worse or about the same after having a go?
I found it interesting, but I couldn't get myself to relive an uncomfortable situation. That part felt uncomfortable for me. So my focus rested on my breathing instead.
Done!
It helped me a little, but i was veeryyy distracted with lots of things that need a bit of following up. So i spent a lot of time remembering to just pay attention to my breathing. I kind of actually relaxed about half-way through about when it told me to remember something that made me upset. Derp.
How did everyone else go?
@Grake was that your first ever shot at mindfulness?
Hey @Creativegirl12!
We're doing
Adults > Mindfulness 104 (wait for it to download) . Breath and emotions.
Wanna start at 17:35 (AEST) ?
Thanks @j95! If you feel like having a go i reckon do it, just bail if you need to.
@Grake you need to click through the app to find the one we're doing.
So click on
Adults > Mindfulness 104 (wait for it to download) . Breath and emotions.
Let me know when you're good to go, I'll do it at the same time as you and can answer any questions or thoughts you might have afterwards 🙂
