Anxiety, ugh!! The terrible emotion based on fear.
Notice how anxiety is always based on the future.
The fear that you will not be good enough in some way.
Anxiety is based on a fear of some sort of failure.
Shel Silverstein writes a little poem Whatif
We all have some anxiety, but sometimes we get STUCK.
So what will you do? You will need to change the dread in the head. Here is some bad poetry to help you understand.
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The Dread in Your Head, by Cassandra Gadouas, LMHC
The dread in your head, runs a rage, like an actor on a stage.
It holds you fast like an animal in a cage.
The dread in your head can make you wish you were dead.
It keeps you stuck, telling yourself you have bad luck.
Watch the thoughts, there in your head.
What they are saying will determine how you are led.
If the bad stuff gets in - you guarantee yourself a no win.
See if you can make some changes and begin again.
Change the chatter because it is what’s the matter.
Telling you to be happy or sad or angry or mad.
You can choose a dose of cheer or fear.
Your thoughts are the car that you can steer.
Why do you hold on and stay stuck with the dread in your head?
Why don’t you think of something else instead?
What are the messages that you hold dear?
Can you think of something else this time of year?
Get up and get on, don’t stay in the darkness too long.
Find something productive to do.
Don’t sit and stew.
Go help your neighbor instead.
Then little by little you can peel away the layers of dread.
And insert some possibilities in your head.
Remember to be good to yourself and gentle too.
You’ll find it is like solving a mystery clue by clue,
And you can find some amazing things in YOU!
And now give yourself a break from the stress.
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