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Originally Posted by sfgirl  . . . I would make it into a whole story in my head that would last long into the future whether good or bad. Meet a hot guy— I was imagining the wedding. Career setback— my thoughts were it will never ever work out. Now I take things as they come and try to take them for what they are not concoct stories around them in my head. It has cut down on my anxiety and generally made for a better and fuller life. Like this the possibilities are endless and the time is manageable. |
I can relate. Even now, I catch myself living in the past or future and completely ignoring now. Replaying the past is obviously resentment, but I've gotten resentments over projecting the future too! I'll project an outcome that I don't want in a situation, and get mad over it! Mad over something that hasn't even happened yet . . . now that's crazy!
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Living a day at a time is very important to me. For the last week I have been doing morning meditation, which is great. I sometimes read a few pages of a recovery book first. I am reading Zen of Recovery at the moment. I have a list of things that need doing (each day) and make sure I do at least some of them, if not then they get carried over to the next day. I also try to practice mindfulness throughout the day.
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Makes such a difference to my day when I do these things. I've read through Zen of Recovery--some good stuff in there.