Strength-Building Exersise
Strength-Building Exersise:
"Your New Truths"
The situation you're facing now is an opportunity for you to challange hidden feelings of worthlesness or incompetence that often surface when someone is in the throes of a crisis. In part of this exercise, I want you to write down any negative thoughts you have about yourself, determine where these messages came from, and gather evidence to refute them one by one.
For example, if you think you lack the energy to fight the battle you now have to fight, you might trace your lack of confidence in yourself to a teacher who used to tell you, "Your lazy." Now write down an instance in your life today that disproves this judgment and shows it's no longer true, for instance how hard you worked to complete a recent project or how much effort you put into activities with your children.
It may be some humiliating experience you had a child, or a cutting remark, that has left a permanent scar, or breaking a family heriloom when you were trying to help with the housework, being rejected for the sports team you had your heart set on joining, having your classmates make fun of you because you were going through and awkward stage.
You might also have grown up in an emotionally unstable home or lost a parent at an early age, leaving you especially fearful of abandonment by a loved one. As a result of these experiences or the derogatory messages you received as a child, you might be telling yourself all kinds of negative things now that the fabric of your life as been ruptured in some way:
* I don't have any luck
* I can't do anything right
* I don't have what it takes
* I can't live without him/her
* I don't deserve to be happy
REFUTE these messages with examples that show they're untrue such as an occasion when you had good luck, things you did right, tests of skill or courage that you passed, areas of your life where you are able to function on your own and derive satisfaction, qualities you have that make you a worthy person.
In other words, counteract these negative messages with positive ones you've received over the years. These are some questions to help you formulate a body of uplifting new truths about yourself that will transform your victim mentality into the outlook of a survivor:
* Did anyone ever make you feel special? What did that person find special about you?
* When did you realize you were good at something? What talents do you have?
* How much of any success you've had, do you attribute it to "luck"? How much to "yourself"?
* What have you done that you're most proud of?
* Who made you feel loved? How did they do that? What did they say?
However you phrase your new truths-I can handle this, I am in control, I have strength and confidence-Believe in them as absolutes and repeat them to yourself habitually. They will make you aware that you have everything you need to get through your situation and benefit from it in the long run.
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