I find writing or blogging an excellent way to cope with stress. Sometime when things are really bad I have a hard time doing anything. Currently I am really trying to change the old tapes in my head. That can be so hard.
My old tapes say:
- I'm stupid
- I'm fat
- Nobody could love you
- You deserve every bad thing that happens
- You deserve to be hurt or abused
- Therapy
- Bible study
- Working on my eating plan
- Being around positive people
- Blogging about my feeling
- Encouraging others
5 comments:
I got a few of those uglyu tapes in my head as well.both my parents installed those tapes.I have since forgiven them and that has helped me.
Every time you think negative - you need to tell yourself 28 times the opposite. You need to break those habits girl - you are worthy - God does not make junk! sandie
It's true what you wrote. Blogging with the intention to encourage others turn out to be that I am always the first one encouraged because of Him. May His strength always be yours.
The new tape could be:
I am me.
I am able to do things.
I survived a lot of shit: I am strong!
I am God's child and deserve to be loved.
Just an idea.
My response to the "I'm fat" one has become "so what?" It is this society that equates fat with ugly. That's just perception. Hell, I thought I was hideous when I weighed half what I do now. If I can't love myself at this size getting thin is not going to suddenly make me love myself.
It is the multi-billion dollar DIE-T industry which teaches us that we are worthless unless we are thin. And we can never be thin enough. I say they can go suck eggs.
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