Affirmations
I started going to a therapist about seven years ago. At the time, I was dating some guy who could treat me like a real jerk, struggling with my body imagine, working a job I was losing passion for, and having panic attacks about death. Growing up, I was discouraged to have or express any other feelings aside from happiness. Which was fine because I was a generally happy kid and young adult. However, what I realize now that I couldn't realize then, was that I wasn't being enabled to deal with my feelings when they weren't happiness. That inability has caused me great pain in my life. I still struggle with this, as I know many others do too. Something that really stuck with me from my counseling sessions was an app my therapist made me download -- Affirmations. Every day it gives me a new affirmation, and I love it. It's so simple, yet sometimes, just like my pastor used to do with her sermons, it speaks right to me. Today's affirmation is, I always have a choice. ...
