It happens - and it's doubly hard when you're tired. Rest will help, and busy-ness can help too.
If I were to give you instructions, and you were to follow them, I'd say something like "it's okay to sulk, just so you know you're sulking, and know that it's a bunch of crap that's not real."
That is, it's okay to acknowledge that your brain and such are feeding you sad, awful messages. But it's not okay to let them become real, and think that they reflect how things actually are.
The key isn't being perky or happy or not having those messages running through your head. It's recognizing that the messages aren't real, and while the feelings are real, they're not how things are because of reality - they're *just* feelings.
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Date: 2009-11-20 10:19 pm (UTC)If I were to give you instructions, and you were to follow them, I'd say something like "it's okay to sulk, just so you know you're sulking, and know that it's a bunch of crap that's not real."
That is, it's okay to acknowledge that your brain and such are feeding you sad, awful messages. But it's not okay to let them become real, and think that they reflect how things actually are.
The key isn't being perky or happy or not having those messages running through your head. It's recognizing that the messages aren't real, and while the feelings are real, they're not how things are because of reality - they're *just* feelings.