Tag: Stress

Boundaries, With Yourself, 2

A marriage and family therapist will always be interested in the boundaries modeled for you. Your growing years were the place you were taught through demonstration... ...if it is okay to have limits. ...if your body should be set on the altar of politeness. ...if your feelings and thoughts matter. If the modeling you experienced did not demonstrate healthy boundaries, as an adult, you get to unvelcro yourself and choose new ones. Journal Prompts: ...was modeled for me. As an adult, I would like to choose...

Boundaries, With Yourself, 1

Boundaries, with yourself, 1 The very first person you set boundaries with, is yourself. To set any boundary requires acknowledgement that you indeed have limits. Oliver Burkemen brilliantly describes our finite relationship with time in his book, Four Thousand Weeks. Similarly with boundaries, we must regard our capabilities as finite; what we can do for others, what we can influence, parent, tend to, or be, they have limits. Journal Prompt: I need to acknowledge my limits...

Feeling Your Way Through A Panic Attack, 7

A panic attack is not random. Panic attacks can be activated by something specific, think noun, a person, place, or a thing. Or, panic attacks can happen without a specific trigger, and be a byproduct of stockpiling stressors. It resembles a full balloon slipping from your fingers while you are trying to insert the final puff of stress. Journal Prompts: Nouns that historically trigger panic attacks for me are... I am stockpiling...