Comment on Why Does Everyone Seem Ahead of Me? ???
blarghly@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I mean, I think you more or less have it figured out, as you outlined in your post. Now you just need to do the work - whenever you feel the feeling of “I’m falling behind, its a disaster!” or “They have a new car and I don’t and I want it, its not fair!”, just take a moment (personally, I count 5 natural breaths as a convenient timer) to notice how the feeling actually feels. The physical sensations, the kinds of thoughts it brings up, the other emotions it brings up - be interested and curious about the feeling itself. The longer you can sit with the feeling like this - just feeling, noticing, being interested and curious - the more likely it is to feel heard and take its leave. And as you complete this practice over and over, the feeling is more likely to feel its mission is complete, and not come around to worry you.
sandhu@thelemmy.club 3 hours ago
This actually makes a lot of sense, thank you for laying it out. Could you break down how you actually do the 5-breath practice in the moment? Like, do you close your eyes, keep doing whatever you were doing, or fully pause? And when you say “notice the physical sensations,” are you talking about things like a tight chest or racing thoughts, or is it more subtle than that? Want to actually try this properly instead of doing a half version of it…