“Yes, your transformation will be hard. Yes, you will feel frightened, messed up and knocked down. Yes, you’ll want to stop. Yes, it’s the best work you’ll ever do.”
Robin Sharma
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My recent struggles
I haven’t had a great time over the last few weeks. We’ve had yet another sickness bug in the house. On top of this, I’ve felt burnout, stress and depression. Whilst I am now starting to look back on the situation with hindsight, a few weeks back I was in the midst of serious brain fog. And I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. Negative thoughts started creeping back in and I was in self-destruct mode for a short time. I am currently in the midst of transformation and didn’t expect a setback.
Self-care requires constant maintenance
It’s a great reminder that I will never really be free of anxiety or stress. None of us will. And the vital part is self-maintenance. Like physical self-care, mental well-being is something we must stay on top of.
Transformation isn’t sweet and bright. It’s a dark and murky, painful pushing. An unravelling of the untruths you’ve carried in your body. A practice in facing your own created demons. A complete uprooting, before becoming.
Victoria Erickson
The techniques I am learning
The techniques I am learning in my solution-focused hypnotherapy course, centre around emptying your stress bucket regularly. I’ve experienced the catastrophic implications of not doing this. And I intend to never return to that place again.
Recognising the self-destruct feeling
Lately, I was feeling, reckless, and rebellious and was starting to pay attention to the negative thoughts inside my head. Now this phase has mostly passed, I am able to look back with logic and say my relationships weren’t the greatest. In our house, there was no priority on genuine communication, which eventually has consequences. This, coupled with stress, burnout and physical illness, isn’t a good combination.
I felt like you might just before something great happens. Ever felt totally anxious or flat before an exam, driving test, or a change of some kind? I feel like these growing pains are a sign, that change is happening. And I have to ride it out and continue.
How is my hypnotherapy course going?
I am now halfway through my hypnotherapy sessions. During the trance parts we are initiating change directly with my subconscious mind, therefore I don’t consciously know some of these changes are happening. As quite a controlling person, it’s an adjustment period for me.
Transformation is difficult for a reason
If the transformation was easy, we would all just say one positive sentence to ourselves and that would be the end of it. How dangerous would this be for anyone susceptible to negative thinking though? it could easily go the other way. We have to work hard to implement lasting change.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
– Lao Tzu
Final thoughts
In this update, I wanted to be honest about how things have been going with me. To be honest and say that transformation can be a struggle.
BUT it is worth your time and effort – keep going.
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I like how aware you are with how you’re feeling and that you have steps in place to keep you afloat. You’re right that there will always be stress and anxiety. When you don’t have an outlet to manage it, it can and will overwhelm your life. I am not always successful, but I do try to keep moving through it to a better place. Thank you for inviting us in on this journey in your life as it is helpful in our own.
~ Cassie
I am so happy you find the journey interesting and helpful.
Wow this was in depth and intense. I’ve had the same feelings of being down and burnt out too but I always try to remember that it’s just a temporary season ❤️
Thank you for your lovely comment, and I couldn’t agree more. It passes eventually!
Thank you for being so open and vulnerable. It’s not easy to keep on top of how you’re feeling along with everything else that’s going on so the fact that you’re recognising it is already a great step and it takes time and practise and effort to make it work. Great post!
Thank you. It’s difficult to catch yourself, but it shows progress that I did recently.
Sorry to hear about the tough last few weeks. Sounds like you’re facing it all head on though, which is really positive.
Hypnotherapy is something my wife tried a while ago with great results, so this was an interesting piece to read.
Thanks for sharing.
It’s great to know someone else had positive results. At first, I thought this brain fog was a setback, but actually, the way I dealt with it was huge progress.
I’ve had a lot of therapy over the years but hypnotherapy isn’t something I’ve ever tried. As a controlling person as well and someone who doesn’t like to feel out of control, it does scare me a bit but I’ve heard it can be SO beneficial!
I’ve also tried many other forms of therapy, but this is actually creating change. I did have a little wobble the last few weeks. But overall it is so beneficial.
I agree transformation is not that easy. I need to sit with myself an reflect on my thoughts and try to fix/
It isn’t easy at all 🙂