AspiringCatLady
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So what does everyone think of this well known and perhaps overused phrase used by counsellors and therapists etc. I've been trying to drum it into my head. So I now pretend i'm happy until it actually happens? Or do I just pretend i'm attractive even if I don't feel it? Someone once told me to stand in front of the mirror and say 'You're great you are' or some other gut wrenchingly cringeworthy phrase. Okay.. so i've taken them at their word, and thought there must be something in it .. right?
So why oh why do I feel like a complete pillock doing these things.. I feel like i'm kidding myself! Okay I can put up a good front to others that i'm happy.. after all, no one likes a whinger right? So I do all this stuff, try to stay happy, try to convince myself i'm happy, do all the happy things.. Blah blah blah. So after all this i'm still at the stage where I need antidepressants to lighten my mood. Am I just unlucky and my life is a bit honeysuckle? or would someone else deal with things in my life differently? Bleurgh.. Maybe I just overthink things. Insights anyone?
So why oh why do I feel like a complete pillock doing these things.. I feel like i'm kidding myself! Okay I can put up a good front to others that i'm happy.. after all, no one likes a whinger right? So I do all this stuff, try to stay happy, try to convince myself i'm happy, do all the happy things.. Blah blah blah. So after all this i'm still at the stage where I need antidepressants to lighten my mood. Am I just unlucky and my life is a bit honeysuckle? or would someone else deal with things in my life differently? Bleurgh.. Maybe I just overthink things. Insights anyone?