Hahaha. But on a serious note, I ‘logic it out’ as a coping method.
Example: If I’m feeling insecure about myself but need to go grocery shopping, I will do my best to think of logical likely situations than to the ones that are preventing me. ‘I’m worried about the traffic on the way there and/or back.’ That’s ok. Plan to go on a day that is less likely to be busy and do it at an off hour. ‘I don’t want to see or hear how much it’s going to cost for groceries.’ That’s completely understandable. You’re not alone in that discomfort and stressor. How about we just buy the things we really need this time instead. Would that work?
Often times, ‘logicing it out’ helps me. But not always. I try to be more patient with myself as well, as these are things that I want and need to do, but yelling at yourself for not doing something or another the day you said you were going to or wanted to, doesn’t help (as it turns out.) Somewhere online years ago, I read something that really helped me. It said, “If yelling at yourself to do something worked, it would have worked a long time ago.”
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Hahaha. But on a serious note, I ‘logic it out’ as a coping method.
Example: If I’m feeling insecure about myself but need to go grocery shopping, I will do my best to think of logical likely situations than to the ones that are preventing me. ‘I’m worried about the traffic on the way there and/or back.’ That’s ok. Plan to go on a day that is less likely to be busy and do it at an off hour. ‘I don’t want to see or hear how much it’s going to cost for groceries.’ That’s completely understandable. You’re not alone in that discomfort and stressor. How about we just buy the things we really need this time instead. Would that work?
Often times, ‘logicing it out’ helps me. But not always. I try to be more patient with myself as well, as these are things that I want and need to do, but yelling at yourself for not doing something or another the day you said you were going to or wanted to, doesn’t help (as it turns out.) Somewhere online years ago, I read something that really helped me. It said, “If yelling at yourself to do something worked, it would have worked a long time ago.”