Showing posts with label Mantra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mantra. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Therapy Homework

I have to come up with at least two (2) mantras!

My personal brand of depression/anxiety has been called the common cold of mental illness by one of my therapists.

So I am thinking my dread and trigger of feeling judged by other people is pretty universal as well.  I mean my logic knows people are most of time just as in their own head as I am in mine.  That knowledge doesn't seem to help in the moment.

My therapist wants me to come up with a mantra to say while I am feeling less than; while I am feeling unworthy of being in public; or while I am feeling too weird.  The initial homework was for just one mantra.

 Then I explained well a little quirk of mine: my most frequent way I talk badly about myself is in French.

My therapist seemed  surprised and asked me if French was a language I spoke at home. It is not. I normally degrade myself in french because I don't want anyone else to know what I am saying.

Which is a bit silly if I think about it.  And reinforces my desire to control how others see me, and also tries to make sure I am not imposing on others.

So my homework changed to finding a mantra in English & French.

I am still looking for what they will be.  Do you have one to share?

Also, I wonder if I am the only one who uses another language like that.