Sample posting from the Apparition Commonplace Book on Patreon
Self-talk, the ongoing internal dialogue that forms
everything from focus, distraction, joy and misery and due to denial of the
ability to speak out anxiety commonly develops.
If you feel anxiety that’s a good place to begin journaling by writing that down with how often and details it occurs. Knowing it’s a real experience helps to let you know you’re not confused and helps you to discover why it’s happening. Validation is empowering. Even if you only write down that you feel anxious or worried that’s a start. You can then note other emotions and begin to sort out perspectives toward a breakthrough to having peace and ability to lessen its influence. Once realized you can determine if it lingers in the background or is interfering with your choices to progress, and how often you’re held back. It’s good to think of a counter word to jot down that you can think often as a form of diminishing the negative feeling. You may ask yourself what color it feels like and maybe draw a symbol. Some see it as an X or as a square block.
