If stress, anxiety or depression are spoiling your life then I know
how you feel. It's like being trapped in a choking fog, feeling like
you're disconnected from reality and you just can't see a way out of
the fog. You feel lost, helpless, absolutely exhausted and my
goodness me, it feels like you've been hit by a 10 tonne juggernaut.
It's exactly how I felt for 5 unhappy years.
It is absolutely harrowing and the longer you suffer like this, the
harder and harder it gets to see light at the end of the tunnel. It
becomes so hard to function even the most basic tasks are just too
much effort and as for getting restful, rejuvenating sleep - forget
it. And it doesn't matter how much you sleep, the exhaustion just
won't go away.
You'll hear many times that single events can trigger a major episode
of stress, depression and anxiety. The key word is "trigger", because
that is all a single event is. It doesn't actually CAUSE stress,
depression or anxiety but it does trigger a sequence of behaviors
that lead to mental trauma.
Let's look at how this happens and then you'll find a key skill to
show you how to deal with stress, anxiety and depression so events
don't trigger them.
Descent into a stressful, depressive or anxious episode happens
because of negative and catastrophic reactions to events you are
confronted with. One event by itself simply isn't enough. There are
many chain-reactions that take place before a person becomes highly
stressed or depressed or anxious, but I'm going to discuss one of the
biggest ones: using one event to ascribe catastrophic meanings to all
areas of your life - I call it "generalizing".
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