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Upon awakening this morning, I felt overwhelmed, anxious, and vulnerable.
Following these feelings and emotions backward, worry, doubt and fear were present.
These judgments projected danger for me. Complex PTSD highlights dangers that it creates.
My mind seemed confused, wanting to avoid or eliminate my predicament.
You could label this catastrophizing, predicting gloom and doom. It stems from my abuse, my critical upbringing. Never safe, never calm.
What can we do?
A couple deep breaths, intently focusing on this moment, cleared this cognitive mess.
I am fine taking this breath, collecting data from all my senses intently.
Awareness returns to this moment.
Reminding myself, life is not lived predicting anything in the future.
Remember, happiness visits only one time zone, now.
You can not be happy in the past or future.
My healing has not eliminated these overwhelming thoughts, but I do have tools to handle these fears.
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