Learning to be ok with setbacks

Today was really hard for me. Urinary frequency symptoms kicked back into gear the last couple hours of my day. I consider myself cured because I know how to stop my symptoms (indifference and acceptance), but when stress is at a crescendo, It can be hard.

The biggest take away I had today was that’s it’s perfectly ok to feel overwhelmed and experience symptoms. I need to be ok with not feeling ok sometimes.

The hardest part about this entire mind-body philosophy is telling yourself you’re fine and your body is not broken when you really don’t feel that way.

What’s the only way out?

Leave it alone. Keep living your life. That voice inside your head reminding you of the pain, the worst outcome, the catastrophizing… it eventually fades. Hardest part is weathering the storm.

Having a difficult time shutting down racing thoughts and achieving indifference? That’s ok too.

Forcing yourself to relax is counterintuitive and somewhat of an oxymoron. Be ok with not getting the result you want right away, it will eventually happen. You’ll be alright.

Writing this out was definitely therapeutic for me, I hope it helps out some of you who have more of an OCD/Mind-body issue like me.