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" Feelings that come back are feelings that never left ".

~ Quotes 'nd Notes. tumblr. com. ~ Frank Ocean

(hat tip to s)

if you’re not familiar with cognitive distortions,

this image can be helpful, to print out and refer to,

and refresh your memory on a daily basis, until no longer needed.

these are ways your thinking gets twisted up.

the distortions often occur from trauma,

and get locked into our trauma survival, coping, and defense mechanisms.

they are extremely contagious, grow up with family members

(especially parents) who are prone to one, and you will tend towards it as well.

the rabbits that run in your mind exist because you told yourself,

you programmed your subconscious, either by sacred charges

(“i can’t ever forget this, or i will be hurt again like i was”),

or by constant repetition of beliefs, in your self-talk, until you so programmed it

that the rabbits will run, and especially, will panic, if they are triggered,

and do everything they can to remind you of what you told them you must never forget.

if you programmed them with any cognitive distortions, then they are

one of your biggest obstacles to growth, peace, stability, well-being,

because they are constantly telling you irrational lies that are out of touch with reality.

for a more complete list, see:

“There is a Tibetan saying: ‘When things are difficult, then let yourself be happy.’ Otherwise, if happiness is relying on others or the environment or your surroundings, it’s not possible. Like an ocean, the waves always go like that but underneath, it always remains calm. So we have that ability as well. On an intellectual level, we may see things as desperate, difficult. But underneath, at the emotional level, you can keep calm.”

- Tenzin Gyatso

The 14th Dalai Lama

The essential, therefore, is not to go back to the origins of things, but the world being what it is, to know how to conduct oneself in it.

Albert Camus

Love and protection...