26/02/2021
Recently, as I try to fall asleep, my mind seems to have another agenda. It instead likes to go off on adventures of nostalgia and plan out everything I'd need to do in case I was stuck on an unstoppable train with no-one in sight. It likes to remind me of stressful events that have happened throughout my life and give me anxiety about my failed ventures. It's hard not to fall into its trap and feel powerless - succumbing and turning into a white-hot ball of stress.
But then I remember where it's all coming from. It's not my brain trying to sabotage me - I am my brain after all. Why would it try to ruin itself? No. I take comfort in knowing that all these thoughts are a mechanism to prepare for the unexpected. That my subconscious is letting me know it is under pressure, and it expects challenge ahead. That it won't be sustainable for long and I need to do something about it. I take it as a signal that I either need to slow down and be still in life for a little while or that I need change: be it through work, health or relationships. Your body and mind talk to your conscious self, albeit through hormones and neurotransmitters, aches and smells. If you learn it's language of subtle signs, you will transform your physical and mental health.
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