I really like when negative things can be spun into a positive. And as much as anxiety can have negative impacts, I'm learning to look at it differently and see the good in it. It makes me a stronger person, more empathetic, and more flexible. But, by far, the best spin of all came from my therapist.
We were talking about my past and interactions with people one day and she pointed something out to me that I hadn't thought of before. "You know, Dani," she said, "you are so extremely good at reading people's emotions and energies that you take it all on yourself without even realizing it. This is a wonderful quality to have. The challenge for you is that you are so super at it that your mind is constantly scanning people and situations to the point where you can't turn it off and it causes anxiety."
So, I'm gonna choose to embrace this super-scanner gift that I have and spin it to view it as a positive. Now that I think about it, maybe it's not such a spin after all.....
We were talking about my past and interactions with people one day and she pointed something out to me that I hadn't thought of before. "You know, Dani," she said, "you are so extremely good at reading people's emotions and energies that you take it all on yourself without even realizing it. This is a wonderful quality to have. The challenge for you is that you are so super at it that your mind is constantly scanning people and situations to the point where you can't turn it off and it causes anxiety."
So, I'm gonna choose to embrace this super-scanner gift that I have and spin it to view it as a positive. Now that I think about it, maybe it's not such a spin after all.....
Nice :) My brain moves a mile a minute, and I used to be a paralyzed control freak. I've learned to redirect it. Mostly into complex woodworking projects that never turn out quite the way they're supposed to.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm pretty good at starting projects (and not necessarily finishing them) too! :)
ReplyDeletelol I do finish them. they're just sometimes a little ... abstract.
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ReplyDeleteI bet an uninhabited beach would do you some good. That has been my go-to happy place for longer than I can remember =]
ReplyDeletewell, it did me quite well the past 9 months or so in asia!
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