This isn't really a resolution that lends itself to those sort of objectives anyway. For me, I think it's going to be more a case of working on catching and challenging negative thought patterns before they have a chance to spiral out of control - I've been doing some CBT work that might be starting to help. I also need to schedule in a regular personal sanity check where I ask myself what I've done that's nice for *me* in the last day/week/whatever - I have a tendency to put others first and then get resentful and depressed and dwell on how nobody cares about what *I* want, when in fact I suspect that I need to care about myself more and actually make a point of doing something nice for myself occasionally.
Why do I have to make life so hard for myself, that's what I want to know - why can't I just look on the bright side and let myself be happy? And I'm challenging that negative thought right now... *g*
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Date: 2012-01-04 12:27 pm (UTC)This isn't really a resolution that lends itself to those sort of objectives anyway. For me, I think it's going to be more a case of working on catching and challenging negative thought patterns before they have a chance to spiral out of control - I've been doing some CBT work that might be starting to help. I also need to schedule in a regular personal sanity check where I ask myself what I've done that's nice for *me* in the last day/week/whatever - I have a tendency to put others first and then get resentful and depressed and dwell on how nobody cares about what *I* want, when in fact I suspect that I need to care about myself more and actually make a point of doing something nice for myself occasionally.
Why do I have to make life so hard for myself, that's what I want to know - why can't I just look on the bright side and let myself be happy? And I'm challenging that negative thought right now... *g*