FEELING OVERWHELMED?
Do you compare yourself to others on social media and feel that you’re always falling short?
You feel you SHOULD be happy, but instead feel tired, overwhelmed and burnt out?
Maybe you feel like an impostor, or that you’re so irritable and frustrated with your life and the people in it that you can’t enjoy it.
Throughout the day our thoughts give us messages about how to interpret the world. Unfortunately, we can’t always trust them because negative past experiences, depression, and anxiety distort our thoughts. I like to call them “fun-house mirror thoughts”. Negative distorted thoughts lead to negative feelings. Maybe some of these are familiar to you:
I’ll never get this right.
How does she have it all together?
I’m such a failure as a parent.
What if everyone finds out I don’t know what I’m doing?
I’m a total mess!
You don’t need to have a positive-optimistic-unicorns-and-rainbows view of the world, but how about one that is a little more realistic? When we have realistic thoughts instead of distorted ones, we feel better, and are less paralyzed to make positive changes.
Therapy can help you rewrite the script, focus less on other people, and be more intentional and thoughtful about choices you are making. All of which will help you to feel less overwhelmed, more in control, and better able to enjoy your day-to-day.