I see a lot of clients suffering from anxiety, depression and panic attacks. I like to explain that anxiety is where you worry about everything and depression is where you worry about nothing. Lots of people think they are suffering from depression when actually they're suffering from anxiety.
But whichever you're suffering from the treatment is always the same; at the end of the day, when you're getting into bed, just think about 3 things that have been good about the day. It could be something someone said, or something they did, something in nature that caught your attention, a smile or laughter, it doesn't matter whether it's big or small, but just try and pick out 3 or more things that have been good that day. This puts you into the positive part of your brain so when you drift off to sleep, you drift off having positive thoughts rather than negative one. Of course my clients will also go to sleep listening to a hypnotherapy CD which also helps them to relax deeply and helps them to get a better nights sleep, which is key to our well-being.
For some clients this is enough to help them start on their road to happiness, but for others its not. Unfortunately we also have a negative brain and this part of our brain doesn't like change and it will give you every excuse under the sun not to make changes, even small ones. For some clients this part of their brain can even cause excruciating pain in order to stop you doing things and changing things. The way forward is to stop that negative thinking as soon as it starts by telling yourself "I'm not having those thoughts today, I'm going to think about ....." and immediately start thinking about something much more positive, a holiday or a place real or imagined that makes you feel calm, relaxed and safe. It takes practice, but it does work.
Like everything in life, you have to work at being happy, but the more your practice, the easier it becomes, until its just the norm.
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