Mind Games
Monday, November 13, 2006Have you ever been caught up in a thought that will not let
you out? Escape is not an option. What was a simple drip in
your pool of thoughts, quickly turned into an ocean of
tidal waves rolling into each, over and over again.This is
what it feels like to not have positive control over your
mind.
Our minds often repeat hurtful thoughts or scenarios over
and over, even when we'd much rather let them go. If you
start really listening to your inner voice, you are
probably dwelling on the past, remembering how someone may
have let you down, or how much anger you still hold back
from being hurt. If you fear the challenges that are waiting
for you, or you are ashamed at where you are now in your
life as compared to where you had planned on being, these
fears will definitely be in line to play the mind game on
you. All of these insecure or hurtful emotions that you once
tucked away will come back to play when the game begins.
Only when they come back, you will not recognize them. This
is your first bad move. Now the mind game begins.
The game is of the mind, to confuse you in your thought
process. When your mind is triggered even slightly by a
word, a picture, or even a look, what we want to do is to
think positive, nice, sweet and safe thoughts. If you have
the slightest opening in your mind, the game will begin. It
will take a thought and wait for your first emotional
weakness. Then it will twist that thought and magnify it so
that it feeds on that weakness and sends you into that ugly
world of negative thinking.
You would give anything to shake off these negative
thoughts, but we all know so well that it's easier said than
done. Instead, you struggle through your day feeling like
you are a freak and that if you do not get a grip on this
mind game, and soon , you will explode. All that you want,
is to be free of negative thoughts and be happy all the
time.
You spend a lot of time thinking over negative feelings
and sulking over regrets and misfortunes. The worst part is
that the more you try to end this horrible game that twists
your brain so tight, the worse it gets. You will try to
avoid your hidden shames and worries, or drown them with
alcohol or drugs. All that happens when that little fix-it
ends, is that the mind game becomes stronger. New thoughts
continue, the game attacks again only to turn those thoughts
against you. You can feel them escalate into negative
scenarios in your mind, but at this point powerless. The
power of the game is winning and you are now in the
believing stage of the game. Your mind now believes your
negative thoughts. You are forced to react, and through this
reaction the mind game soars and takes over even further.
Now it not only controls you, but it has also taken control
of your entire world and whoever is in it at the time. You
collapse from the draining feeling of failure once again.
You feel that you will never be able to win this mind game.
You feel that you will be a pawn for the rest of your days
on earth. A doormat and a bug to stepped on over and over
again, because of your inability to gain strength and take
control of your positive mind. So why not just give in? Why
not just bow down whenever you fail to think positive
thoughts? Well, I will tell you why you do not want to do
that!
You are a human being with a heart and a brain. You were
given the ability to feel emotions. Emotions such as:
self-respect. self-esteem, humor, love, laughter, sexuality,
self-confidence, but most of all, you were given
intelligence and the will to survive. You were given the
gift of life. Those are the reasons to fight. How to fight,
is also right there in front of you.
You are already aware of the mind game. Most of you have
played it so long that you should be the champions by now. I
have talked about habits many times and I will keep talking
about them. Through habits you can defeat many of those mind
games. Try to simplify your thoughts. The stronger the game
tries to twist them, the harder you work to shrink them.
I read about an interesting way to look at this. Think of
your thoughts as a pop-up ad on your computer. You see it
and then you don`t. Or it pops up and you simply delete it
without giving it a second thought. Even if it was a
negative pop-up, you spend no time at all analyzing where it
came from, you simply carry on with what you were doing.
This is a good way to play, and win the game. Also another
way to play and win, is when your thought begins to twist
through the negative game, start to vocalize it. Sing it
quietly to yourself, or hum outloud. This will confuse the
game, and throw it off track. Immediately when you get a
thought that seems to be fair game, think of something very
funny or a very sad movie that made you cry. A very good
habit is to change your thought track. The game cannot keep
up when the track is jumped. Be aware that your mind is a
game field, but you have to play it in order to win. If you
do not play, you will lose by defeat. SAD!!! So my words to
you is this : KICK IT`S BUTT!!!!!!!
**********************************
It is your imagination that constructs
the limitations you see,
so use imagination
to get rid of them.
- Anonymous
***********************************
If you act like you are a powerful person,
then powerful things will
happen to you!
-Jane Eldershaw
About the author:
Dorothy Lafrinere Owner/Operater Website- www.womensselfesteem.com Forum- womenselfesteem.proboards29.com
you out? Escape is not an option. What was a simple drip in
your pool of thoughts, quickly turned into an ocean of
tidal waves rolling into each, over and over again.This is
what it feels like to not have positive control over your
mind.
Our minds often repeat hurtful thoughts or scenarios over
and over, even when we'd much rather let them go. If you
start really listening to your inner voice, you are
probably dwelling on the past, remembering how someone may
have let you down, or how much anger you still hold back
from being hurt. If you fear the challenges that are waiting
for you, or you are ashamed at where you are now in your
life as compared to where you had planned on being, these
fears will definitely be in line to play the mind game on
you. All of these insecure or hurtful emotions that you once
tucked away will come back to play when the game begins.
Only when they come back, you will not recognize them. This
is your first bad move. Now the mind game begins.
The game is of the mind, to confuse you in your thought
process. When your mind is triggered even slightly by a
word, a picture, or even a look, what we want to do is to
think positive, nice, sweet and safe thoughts. If you have
the slightest opening in your mind, the game will begin. It
will take a thought and wait for your first emotional
weakness. Then it will twist that thought and magnify it so
that it feeds on that weakness and sends you into that ugly
world of negative thinking.
You would give anything to shake off these negative
thoughts, but we all know so well that it's easier said than
done. Instead, you struggle through your day feeling like
you are a freak and that if you do not get a grip on this
mind game, and soon , you will explode. All that you want,
is to be free of negative thoughts and be happy all the
time.
You spend a lot of time thinking over negative feelings
and sulking over regrets and misfortunes. The worst part is
that the more you try to end this horrible game that twists
your brain so tight, the worse it gets. You will try to
avoid your hidden shames and worries, or drown them with
alcohol or drugs. All that happens when that little fix-it
ends, is that the mind game becomes stronger. New thoughts
continue, the game attacks again only to turn those thoughts
against you. You can feel them escalate into negative
scenarios in your mind, but at this point powerless. The
power of the game is winning and you are now in the
believing stage of the game. Your mind now believes your
negative thoughts. You are forced to react, and through this
reaction the mind game soars and takes over even further.
Now it not only controls you, but it has also taken control
of your entire world and whoever is in it at the time. You
collapse from the draining feeling of failure once again.
You feel that you will never be able to win this mind game.
You feel that you will be a pawn for the rest of your days
on earth. A doormat and a bug to stepped on over and over
again, because of your inability to gain strength and take
control of your positive mind. So why not just give in? Why
not just bow down whenever you fail to think positive
thoughts? Well, I will tell you why you do not want to do
that!
You are a human being with a heart and a brain. You were
given the ability to feel emotions. Emotions such as:
self-respect. self-esteem, humor, love, laughter, sexuality,
self-confidence, but most of all, you were given
intelligence and the will to survive. You were given the
gift of life. Those are the reasons to fight. How to fight,
is also right there in front of you.
You are already aware of the mind game. Most of you have
played it so long that you should be the champions by now. I
have talked about habits many times and I will keep talking
about them. Through habits you can defeat many of those mind
games. Try to simplify your thoughts. The stronger the game
tries to twist them, the harder you work to shrink them.
I read about an interesting way to look at this. Think of
your thoughts as a pop-up ad on your computer. You see it
and then you don`t. Or it pops up and you simply delete it
without giving it a second thought. Even if it was a
negative pop-up, you spend no time at all analyzing where it
came from, you simply carry on with what you were doing.
This is a good way to play, and win the game. Also another
way to play and win, is when your thought begins to twist
through the negative game, start to vocalize it. Sing it
quietly to yourself, or hum outloud. This will confuse the
game, and throw it off track. Immediately when you get a
thought that seems to be fair game, think of something very
funny or a very sad movie that made you cry. A very good
habit is to change your thought track. The game cannot keep
up when the track is jumped. Be aware that your mind is a
game field, but you have to play it in order to win. If you
do not play, you will lose by defeat. SAD!!! So my words to
you is this : KICK IT`S BUTT!!!!!!!
**********************************
It is your imagination that constructs
the limitations you see,
so use imagination
to get rid of them.
- Anonymous
***********************************
If you act like you are a powerful person,
then powerful things will
happen to you!
-Jane Eldershaw
About the author:
Dorothy Lafrinere Owner/Operater Website- www.womensselfesteem.com Forum- womenselfesteem.proboards29.com
