Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Argh! Here There Be Monsters!



Now I apparently have a monster.

It's just been one of those times. I have had to up the frequency of my psychologist visits due to having a pretty severe rise in my anxiety and feelings of being overwhelmed.

She might have read a new article because today I was told, "Don't feed your anxiety monster!" Evidently my anxiety monster eats my resolve to do something, like leave my apartment, and grows each time I "feed it". Rowr.

I'm supposed to picture it and think of what it wants me to do and then do the opposite.

I am a big fan of horror movies and novels. I believe I have imagined every monster available on page and seen every one on screen. Yet at first my attempts to picture my anxiety monster provided me with a familiar purple dinosaur that the kiddies love. Then I thought, "Feed me!". Of course - Audrey 2 from Little Shop of Horrors! Needless to say, both these renditions leave me chuckling.


And that's okay. When you're in the throes of a panic attack and certain of impending doom sometimes a little chuckle helps.

So when my anxiety monster is telling me to stay on the couch, don't go outside, I will not feed it and do as it says. I will go outside and enjoy the glorious day. When it tells me not to write, that it won't be any good, I will write until I can write no more.

I'm sure there will be times when I fail and the little bugger will grow fat on my doubt and insecurities. But that won't stop me from trying to put him on a diet. I think I am having more fun with this than I had intended.

But - rowr - a monster. Makes me giggle.

If you have an anxiety monster I hope you succeed in starving yours. Perhaps this visualization could help you, too.

Boy, I sure am glad she read that article.


6 comments:

  1. That's no monster. That's just a cute widdle dinosaur :D Keep it cute, you don't want that thing getting bulky :D

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    1. Haha The more pictures of "monsters" I found the more I laughed. No, I definitely don't want it to gain any weight but it will probably be like a yoyo dieter. And that's okay as long as I can get it skinny again. Thank you, Mathew. :)

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  2. I love how she put this in perspective this way for you! It is perfect. Honestly, we all have this "monster" in some means of our lives. And when you think of it this way, it makes it so much easier to tame that monster. Thank you for sharing!

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    1. Thank you for leaving such a lovely comment, Nicole! I am sure working to tame my monster but he's had a few meals today, I will admit. I posted about it because I thought maybe somebody else could use the trick.

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  3. love this i have been trying to do things out of my comfort zone and this will sure be a lot of help thanks doll xx

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    1. You are so welcome, hon! Even though it can seem silly I posted this so that maybe it could help someone. I certainly hope it helps you. Rowr.

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