Do you find yourself playing over and over in your mind the same thoughts? Do your negative thoughts resurface time and time again? Do you wish you could shut the "Brain Chatter" off? Do you have a hard time meditating due to constant recurring thoughts? If this sounds like you don't worry there are ways to help minimize and possibly eliminate constant annoying thoughts that keep surfacing.
The first thing you need to do is keep a notebook beside your bed on your night stand, by the computer or anywhere you spend most of your time. It does not have to be fancy or big just a notebook for you to write in. We can eliminate anger, stress, tension, worry and sorrow if we learn to release it. By releasing it you let it go and by that I mean if you can put it on paper you will not be apt to store it in your subconscious mind to replay over and over again. How do I know that? I have used this method for over 15 years.
If you find that someone irritates you and you have a tendency to harbor anger or ill thoughts toward that person then every time you see them it reminds you of that anger. To help eliminate this from your system go to your journal and write about it. Include why they made you mad, how you felt towards that person at the time. Don't hold back anything, you must write including all your thoughts about the situation. You will find that as you write the anger is less and less, and by the time you are finished writing you will feel much better. If you are worried about something like bills, finances, relationships or the events in our world today express those worries on paper don't hang on to them as your worry will only grow larger and larger and then it turns into something you no longer have control over, it will consume you.
When you are sad or someone has hurt you or maybe you have just lost a loved one that was dear to you. Take out your journal and write them a journal letter, open up your heart and tell them how you feel good or bad. Don't hang on to the fact that you feel they left you put it in writing and let them know. You don't want to hang on to those feeling as they will consume you, get it out so you can only feel love towards this person. By releasing it your mind will realize that this is part of life and that the love you have for this person is greater than your resentment for them leaving you.
Keep a small journal in your pocket or purse so you can easily pull it our and write anywhere or anytime. You may say "I don't know what to write" or "I don't have time for that", let me tell you take the time even if all you write is 1 or 2 sentences. Once you begin to do this daily you will return to it all the time and as you write you will find yourself writing more and more. Stress leads to more diseases in our nation like Heart Attacks and strokes. When our body is stressed it is unable to utilize the vitamins we put into it. When our muscles are tense from anger we are more likely to suffer some sort of injury. Do yourself a favor and learn to take the time to write down daily how you are feeling even if it is only a line or two. I tell my clients to try it for a week and see what results they have, the catch is you have to be faithful to it for that week and you must write at least a sentence daily.
Now go and get a notebook or pad or buy a fancy journal it does not matter just get something you can write on and WRITE!! Learn to express yourself, you see in a journal it is just you, your thoughts, your feelings and the paper so it does not matter what you put down. Get it out of your system nobody is going to see it but you. Keep it under your side of the mattress if it makes you feel better or keep it in shoe box in your closet. You can also buy a locked journal if that makes you feel better. I have several boxes of journals from all the years I have used them. Do I worry about someone reading them - NO I don't and if they do then maybe they will learn something. That is what I was feeling at the time and I am not ashamed of my feelings good or bad, we all have a right to our own as we are all unique individuals.
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Blessings,
Cindy
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