I heard this story a few days ago and wanted to
share it with you… It is about how Anxiety works, and how it takes over your life, and how you can control it.
A psychologist is giving a talk about Anxiety. She
lifts a glass half filled with water and the audience began to wonder if she was
going to ask if the glass was half full or half empty. Instead, she asks:
“ What is the weight of this glass half full?”
The audience answers varied from 250g up to 1 kg. After various answers, the
psychologist began to talk…
“The
weight doesn't matter… But what matter is how
long you hold it in your hand. If you hold it for a few minutes there will be
no difference, if you hold it for an hour your arm will get sore and start to
ache, and if you hold it for a day… You will have sore shoulders, a pain in
your back, pins and needles in your arm, and you will begin to feel frustrated
and upset. So, the longer you hold on to the glass, the more severe the pain
and despair.
This is how anxiety touches our lives. If we think
about it for a few minutes and then give it no more thought, it will be OK.
If we give it deeper thoughts for a longer period of time, it will have an
effect on our life, and when we dwell on it, thinking every minute about it, it
will consume our whole day and night.
It will eat us bit by bit, and we will feel like we don't know where to go, or where
to turn…
Now, if you have this feeling, or if you’ve had it
before… Shift your attention to someone or something that will make you feel thankful
for living. If you fill your life with worries and sorrow, then the feeling of
thankfulness will disappear. Be thankful for
today, be thankful for what you have and be thankful that you have the people
closest to you. Concentrate on that. It will lift your spirits and shift your focus to a better place."
I hope you enjoyed reading that as much as I did, and now you can begin to understand just how anxiety works, and learn some things to help stop it, or calm it down!
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Home Instead Bedford!
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