As the old saying goes, if I had a dollar for the number of times I’ve heard this one I’d be rich.
I can’t just stop thinking about it. I just can’t. Yes I know how ludicrous that sounds. I’m educated. I have an Electrical Engineering degree.
Yet I can’t even control what my own mind thinks about sometimes. It sucks.
Trying to find a way to describe how it’s possible for an anxious or depressive thought to take over your entire day or more was nearly impossible.
Until I finally thought of a way to describe it to people, in just one sentence.
“You ever have a song stuck in your head?”
Good right? Haha.
Seriously though. For me, it’s that. It’s exactly akin to how my anxious thoughts get stuck on repeat all day long. Sometimes longer.
I think if you ask them that question, which I gotta believe most people have experienced, and have them replace the lyrics with ones from your anxious thoughts, they may actually begin to empathize with you a little more
It’s the small wins.
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