QUESTION?

I think I’m losing my mind.  What can I do?

ANSWER

Calm down!

“Take a walk outside – it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

It’s so easy when something unpleasant or unexpected happens to go into a sort of thinking meltdown.  For all our good intentions, and for all the hard work that we’ve done in the past, our first reactions may not be very helpful.  Imagination runs wild, our thoughts are spiralling out of control and all logic goes out of the window.

If that isn’t bad enough it’s likely that the mental meltdown triggers a physical reaction and suddenly we are not only feeling mentally ragged we’re also feeling physically ill.  The link between the mental and the physical is incontrovertible.

What to do?   Well first things first.  I think it is essential to get a grip of those spiralling thoughts.  Whilst they are having their way with us, nothing good can happen.  I find a bit of mindfulness meditation helps.  When I begin to feel mentally calmer I begin to feel physically better.  Now I can do something positive.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

• How do you get a grip on those spiralling thoughts?
• What do you do to make yourself feel physically better?
• How do you help yourself to calm down?
• What can you share that might be of help to others?

Please leave your comments.  I would love to hear from you.

Corinne

POEM FOR TODAY

THOUGHT PROCESSES

It may be that we are reeling from a something we’ve found out

It crept up when we weren’t looking and then spread its seeds about,

Now we’re caught up in a tangle of imaginings run wild

As we’re temped by misfortune and by tragedy beguiled.

We are really easy pickings for a thought process unchecked

As one thought leads to another and serenity is wrecked

And we’re helpless little victims of a bitter little pill

That the moment that we swallowed it began to make us ill.

So if we are in a tangle let us pause before we go

Any deeper in the thick of this worst case scenario,

For whatever in the future lies in wait to us befall

A thought process run rampant won’t be any use at all.

© Corinne Shields, 2013

If you enjoyed “THOUGHT PROCESSES” please pas it on.  You can find more inspirational poetry in

“A String of Pearls, a Yearbook of Daily Inspiration to Soothe the Soul and Rekindle the Spirit”

And no retreat would be complete without something lovely to look at, so here’s the

PICTURE FOR TODAY

The March winds do blow …

And just before you go ……..

Take what you like and leave the rest!!!

Of course it’s easier said than done, isn’t it?  Telling someone to calm down when their mind is racing out of control is like telling the rain to stop raining or the wind to stop blowing.  Or is it?

Plenty of people have found plenty of remedies to help them to break out of their prisons of negativity and fear.  Plenty of people have trod the same path and managed to grapple with their anxieties and come out of the bleakness and into the sun.  We should learn from each other.

Tess, at The Bold Life, suggests

10 Things to Do When You Can’t Calm Down

I recommend you go and visit.  Tess has grappled with her own demons and has come out the other side with a personal story that will ring a bell with anyone who has suffered from debilitating anxiety and fear.

This is what Tess has to say:

“I’ve heard from several readers that they live in a permanent state of fear, stress, and anxiety. I understand how you feel. I’ve been there.

The following steps are the ones I took to change my life. 

When I was in my late twenties my life was completely “out of control.” I didn’t think I could get any lower than I was. There was no sun in my personal sky. There was no light at the end of my tunnel. I was stuck in personal pain. I was unhappy and miserable.

I did several things to change my life …. “

Please do go and visit The Bold Life.  Sharing experience, strength and hope is how we help one another, and Tess has been generous with the sharing of her story.

If you have read this far, please do leave a comment, share an opinion or leave a favourite quote on the inspirational quotes page for others to enjoy.

May we all be peaceful and at ease.

Have a good day.

Corinne

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