Back in Therapy Week 3 (Patreon)

Content warning: Suicidal Ideation, Depression

OUCH! This was a very painful week as you can see - to include two days where I couldn't bring myself to record anything whatsoever.

What happened on those two missing days? I haven't the foggiest! but within these five days are eight different recorded episodes of suicidal ideation. YIKES!

So. What happened?

This is a pretty clear depiction of pain and suffering and I'd like to focus on the latter. In his book "The Mindful Path to Self Compassion" Dr. Christopher Germer explains though pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. He spells out the simple formula:

Pain x Resistance = Suffering

During this week I was in a lot of pain, which became suffering as I continuously denied it my full attention. I was running from my problems instead of embracing them. Instead of taking some steps back and shedding light on the situation - I shut down and kept sinking deeper into the murk.

...is this too much for y'all? Let me know in the comments. It's a pretty grim series and I don't wish to distress anyone. A breakthrough is coming but there's one more week of misery ahead.

Let me know, thanks for reading! <3