I'm counting the days until my next therapy appt

[TigressDem]

4. Something I find helpful

When I get triggered I take a breath and ask myself, "How old do I feel right now?"

A lot of times it's some part of my childhood that is looking for my attention, to heal.

So I mentally picture my adult self next to the child self and as an adult I do what is needed to comfort the child.
As an adult I know things that would help a child and what I wished the adults could have done for me as a child.
Ironically, the mind doesn't worry about time having passed or me comforting myself, it heals an old wound that has been unattended for a long time.

IF I find myself feeling OLDER than my current age, it's about fearing the future.
That's when I have to "let go" and decide to "cross that bridge when I get to it" as all the worrying simply exhausts my energy to deal with whatever it is.

AND remember the GREAT thing about therapy....
You are opening up and telling secrets that if held inside will poison your mind.
We are only as sick as our secrets.

You can visualize those secrets and worries draining out of your mind and dripping through your arms and out of your fingertips into mason jars that fill with dark goo and each jar can be capped and set aside until you are ready to deal with it.

Or wrapping up those thoughts like a little present if they are bittersweet.
Any way that makes sense for you to be able to visually set it aside aids in being able to let go of something.

When you feel drawn back to it, you can see it is safely set aside and can visualize walking past it and letting out a sigh of relief that you DON'T have to pick it back up. It's perfectly safe where it is and can be dealt with at your next appointment.