I’m feeling strange. Like I feel so much better, that now I’m questioning it. I’m noticing that I have a habit of overthinking everything. So I’m feeling better, but do I deserve it? Can I trust this, or am I suppressing my sadness? How much longer until I regress again?
Who. Really. Cares! I’m not going to be able to change any of those variables even if I understand the mechanics perfectly. It’s like I am trying to relax, which makes it harder to relax at all. So I’m trying to only plan, solve, or understand things that I can control. I’m asking myself what decisions I need to make and discard the obsessive thoughts that don’t bear on a soon to be made decision.
This probably sounds great, or even obvious to anyone with a different perspective. I’ve found it extremely difficult, though. I have ingrained these ideas and habits so deeply that I don’t feel comfortable with not engaging them, although I can see that I am making myself nearly miserable. For no reason. Just intellectual masochism, based on my unfounded assumptions that if I make myself miserable, then it will be less likely that someone else steps in to do the job. Ugh. So much back and forth. Relax. Easier said than done. Simple and easy rarely ever go together.