WEAPONIZED SELF-TALK
Trigger: "Things are finally going good. That means something bad is coming. It always does."
Rewrite: "My body learned that calm comes right before the crash. That was true back then. It is not a prophecy. Good can be real, and I'm allowed to stand on it."
The Move: Today, when a good thing lands and your chest tightens, put both feet flat on the floor and say out loud, "This is new, not dangerous." Then do one normal thing, like making dinner, instead of making a crisis.
I signed the lease on my office and then sat in my car and ugly sobbed, sure it was all about to fall apart. It didn't. The ice held. Yours can too.
Progress is progress. Mile or a Millimeter.
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