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FROM SOMEONE WHO HASBEEN THERE
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DO YOU EVERFEEL. . . *l i keas i tuati on i stoo s tres s f ulto copewi th? *s o anxi ousthatyou cannotdo anythi ng? *l i kethewhol eworl di scras hi ngdown on you? *underpres s uref rom thepeopl ei n yourl i f e? *you j us tneeds ometi meoutto breathe?
You arenotal one! Pl eas ebel i evemethatyou arenotal one. Ihavef el tal lofthes ethi ngs ,andmore. I tmademei ncredi bl yi l l ,to thepoi ntof di ppi ngi n andoutofhos pi talf oradecade. Ihadnooneto turn to,Ihadno i dea whatacopi ngmechani s m was . So mywayto ‘ cope’ ,s ubcons ci ous l y, wasbynoteati ng,s el f harmi ng andi s ol ati ngmys el f .
Ihavef oundthat cooki ngorbaki ng i sagreatwayto keep yours el fdi s tracted, Keepi ngbus yi sagreatway to di s tractyours el f omethi ngnegati ve. From s you s tartto concentrate on thecooki ng,whi ch means thatyou’ renotconcentrati ng on whateveri ti s that’ sbotheri ngyou.
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Mygoali sto preventthi s f rom happeni ngto you, whi ch i swhyIam s hari ngwi th you s omeheal thyand f un waysto cope.
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