In time, you can reprogram negative thoughts.
Untangling your thoughts can change your feelings, your behavior and your life.
Begin to replace the negative self-talk in your head by writing a more positive, realistic affirmation on an index card. Refer to it regularly whenever you find yourself embracing a convoluted thought or fostering a bad belief. I have to examine the facts. I have to use good reason and judgment in making decisions.
I have to learn from past mistakes and be willing to make tough choices to keep my recovery moving in the right direction. Doing so will help ensure a more rewarding and fulfilling life.
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The first psychiatrist I ever visited asked me to carry around such a card and read it 50 times a day for 30 days. Initially, I thought this idea was absurd. Over the course of the month, I was astonished by how my thinking changed for the better. You can retrain your brain. There have been times when my illness resulted in my thinking or saying things or developing beliefs that were extremely destructive, with devastating consequences.
I had to learn to seek out and accept honest feedback from family or friends who noticed my distorted thinking. Surround yourself with people who can profoundly and positively help you reprogram your false perceptions. Be open to their suggestions, and be willing to take action. Give yourself a mental makeover: Untangle your twisted thoughts and break down your bad beliefs.
The more what you think and believe is aligned with genuine reality, the more balanced and healthy your life can be. I think, for me, the most heart breaking part of my bipolar illness is how easily the ability to judge right from wrong gets so lost and crumbles in the bipolar episodes. Guilt and shame can plague a good soul terribly. I finally gave my struggles to my Creator and have been able to rediscover the good I have done for my children, friends, and even a stranger at times.
I am going to be 69 and went 12 years without hospitalization before my last two episodes ending three years ago. I feel better about myself but struggle with making good use of time. A college professor asked me to consider writing a book someday, and I feel it in my heart while it plays out in my mind.
My stories make people smile or laugh, or make them cry. I lack organization skills now but wonder how much medicine is affecting me. I want my story read…from my early years, to finally being able to stop blaming God for giving me this disease.
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By the way, my son wrote a book, and I am so proud of him for finishing it and getting it published. Is it possible that my bipolar illness is sabotaging me or I am? I outlined the first parts of my book and started to hand write it over.
The first try I realized I was talking about the disorder instead of telling my story. My counselor read the first 58 typed pages asking me to put the good and bad in. She encouraged me to start it. Reprograming your thoughts to be more positive and soothing can help you take on social anxiety so you can strengthen old bonds and form new ones. For many years, I lived with and perpetuated social anxiety. For most of my life, I never really felt confident with my social skills, struggling with communication and With mania, we at least like some of it, but who Changing how we think about ourselves and how we react to situations can affect our feelings and when we affect our feelings that way, we can get better.
Bipolar , fall , friends , mania , pessimism , positive thinking , recovery. He can be reached at info atlantamoodsupport. Junebug November 29, at Susan November 28, at 9: Then I will go back to the music. Then I will have a thought and go back to having a conversation with myself,.
I meditate and it helps , but it is not a solution. It gives me some quiet in between the thoughts because I will have a thought and start a conversation and then I will let it go. Then seconds later I am off to another thought. I go back and forth, back and forth, and back again. So meditation for me is only a slight temporary relief.
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The most relief comes from reading a book. I just wonder if my bipolar brain is the reason my thoughts are constant.
And by talking about it I will have some understanding, or gain an understanding about these constant thoughts and conversations I have with myself. Been like this since a child and has gotten worse.
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