Firstly forming new habits can really help. I am a bit the same, suffer from anxiety that stems from nothing other than me looking at the glass half empty for much of the time. I recently started a blog where I give thanks, for anything and everything. I have found that pure and simple gratitude has changed my life and the way I look at it. I was initially blogging each day and it eased up a little now, but if I find myself going back to thinking negatively I go back and start being thankful. You could try something similar, keeping a journal or something and you will find it won't take long before your whole outlook changes from making a conscious decision about it.
There are lots of articles out there about gratitude, there is a page on FB called 365 Grateful the Documentary - worth having a look, and what triggered my shift was a book called One Thousand Gifts. Good luck - as Sopdet said sounds like you have taken the first step oxoxox
thank you... excellent suggestions and also something i think i will teach my kids to do daily also... i am going to look up the FB page and book you mentioned know.
just a question re: blogs.... does it keep forever? what i mean is, i used to quite like to journal, and also look back on things past written... so if i switch to blogging on the internet, do i have this option to go back years from now and see what i wrote, or am i better to write in a journal? sorry i have no experience with blogs.
Most blogs will allow you to come back to them ages later - I've had my livejournal one for about the last 7 years, I don't really use it that much anymore but it's still there when I have a long headspace kind of piece that I don't really want to share with anyone.
For me I found taking the time to slow down and to indulge in little things that just plain felt good without feeling guilty was the key to appreciating how fortunate I am. Things like climbing up the rocks to my favourite little place next to a waterfall to just sit in the sunshine and enjoy the warmth, going for a walk in the park, soaking in a hot bath or singing along to my favourite music without giving a fig for what people think...
My good friend gave me a lovely little book called "When I loved myself enough" by Kim McMillen - it's full of positive affirmations but the overall message is that it isn't selfish to be loving towards yourself, that it's ok and even necessary to love ourselves before we can truly love someone else.
forming new habits can really help. I am a bit the same, suffer from anxiety that stems from nothing other than me looking at the glass half empty for much of the time. I recently started a blog where I give thanks, for anything and everything. I have found that pure and simple gratitude has changed my life and the way I look at it. I was initially blogging each day and it eased up a little now, but if I find myself going back to thinking negatively I go back and start being thankful. You could try something similar, keeping a journal or something and you will find it won't take long before your whole outlook changes from making a conscious decision about it.
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