Post 1,174: Lies I Tell Myself

I make up the future constantly. Maybe it is what is going to happen when I turn the corner. Possibly it is what my life will be like ten years from now. The thing that amazes me about this practice is that I will have emotional responses as if my made-up story is real and happening right now.

I am afraid I am going to say the wrong thing to a client. I get anxious. I hold off on making the call. I get more nervous. Keep in mind I have not actually spoken to them at this point at all. I am just afraid of what might happen when I do actually speak to them. And the longer I sit in the fear of this concocted future, I get more and more worried. I can get trapped in this.

The good news is I have noticed I do this so often that I now can bring up countless examples of my concerning futures never occurring. Paying attention to these malicious lies I tell myself has taken away a good amount of their power. The longer I have focused on them being lies, the less sway they have had over me.

~Ryan Lynch

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