Really enjoyed this episode, for both its reinforcement of one of the basic tenets of life/the Universe as well as the fantastically simple but effective example of chewing a sandwich. It illustrates the principle so clearly. Years ago I read a number of Susan Jeffers wonderful books including ‘Feel the Fear & Do it Anyway’ where I was introduced to that powerful phrase ‘This Too Shall Pass’. I don’t believe she necessarily wrote it from the perspective of anxiety disorder (therefore whilst her words were powerful and impactive for me, did not have the desired healing/recovery effect I was desperately seeking - without understanding at the time it was a anxiety disorder I’d been suffering from all my life) but it did sow some small seeds, and here Drew has provided the perfect interpretation from the deep core fear end of the spectrum which many of us are contending with. This episode also reminds me of the chaos theory which underpins the Universal ‘order’ of things, and which equally there’s no point in fighting against, as it will always have its way! Thanks again Drew for yet another practical, golden nugget of thought here - the simplest ones are often the best!
Love this analogy and reminder about the transient nature of life. Before I began to get better, I could barely wait for time to pass each day. I was drowning in my fears from the time I woke up, until the time I went to bed-each second being pure torture. My life literally stopped when I could barely get off of the couch without having a panic attack. There was a time earlier this year, when I was sitting on my couch for days at a time, scared to move. I lost two months of my life feeling this way. I will always remember the severity of the fear. I was fired from my management job because I couldn't leave my house to get to work or to do the traveling that I had been doing for the last two years. Finally, after sooo much therapy and immersing myself in Claire Weekes, Drew, and many other therapists who espouse the same tenets for recovery, I began to emerge again. What Drew said today, that life is ever-changing, is the both the blessing and the heartache of life. I lost so much time to this illness. I really did think that my life was over and that death was near all of the time. When I finally turned a corner and began to get better in October, I began to believe that things would get better and that life COULD change and perhaps even in a positive way! I stopped fighting the panic and just let it come, knowing that it would dissipate. It took a long, long time for my brain and body to begin to accept that I would be okay.
Time is a bitch. It works for you and against you simultaneously. We all have limited time here on earth, so that makes time the most valuable "commodity" in the world. All this rambling to say that I am grateful for this post today, Drew! It's a wonderful reminder about the overt and hidden ways that TIME is a huge factor in this illness and in life, every day. It's something that we always need to pay close attention to... as the clock ticks away.
Bravo, Drew!! Amazingly simple but how comforting to remember to follow the rules of the Big Uni. We forget sometimes it does indeed have our backs of only we would allow it!
Really enjoyed this episode, for both its reinforcement of one of the basic tenets of life/the Universe as well as the fantastically simple but effective example of chewing a sandwich. It illustrates the principle so clearly. Years ago I read a number of Susan Jeffers wonderful books including ‘Feel the Fear & Do it Anyway’ where I was introduced to that powerful phrase ‘This Too Shall Pass’. I don’t believe she necessarily wrote it from the perspective of anxiety disorder (therefore whilst her words were powerful and impactive for me, did not have the desired healing/recovery effect I was desperately seeking - without understanding at the time it was a anxiety disorder I’d been suffering from all my life) but it did sow some small seeds, and here Drew has provided the perfect interpretation from the deep core fear end of the spectrum which many of us are contending with. This episode also reminds me of the chaos theory which underpins the Universal ‘order’ of things, and which equally there’s no point in fighting against, as it will always have its way! Thanks again Drew for yet another practical, golden nugget of thought here - the simplest ones are often the best!
Buddhism wins again. Impermanence!
Love this analogy and reminder about the transient nature of life. Before I began to get better, I could barely wait for time to pass each day. I was drowning in my fears from the time I woke up, until the time I went to bed-each second being pure torture. My life literally stopped when I could barely get off of the couch without having a panic attack. There was a time earlier this year, when I was sitting on my couch for days at a time, scared to move. I lost two months of my life feeling this way. I will always remember the severity of the fear. I was fired from my management job because I couldn't leave my house to get to work or to do the traveling that I had been doing for the last two years. Finally, after sooo much therapy and immersing myself in Claire Weekes, Drew, and many other therapists who espouse the same tenets for recovery, I began to emerge again. What Drew said today, that life is ever-changing, is the both the blessing and the heartache of life. I lost so much time to this illness. I really did think that my life was over and that death was near all of the time. When I finally turned a corner and began to get better in October, I began to believe that things would get better and that life COULD change and perhaps even in a positive way! I stopped fighting the panic and just let it come, knowing that it would dissipate. It took a long, long time for my brain and body to begin to accept that I would be okay.
Time is a bitch. It works for you and against you simultaneously. We all have limited time here on earth, so that makes time the most valuable "commodity" in the world. All this rambling to say that I am grateful for this post today, Drew! It's a wonderful reminder about the overt and hidden ways that TIME is a huge factor in this illness and in life, every day. It's something that we always need to pay close attention to... as the clock ticks away.
Great analogy with the sandwich
Really really good! Thank you Drew!!
Bravo, Drew!! Amazingly simple but how comforting to remember to follow the rules of the Big Uni. We forget sometimes it does indeed have our backs of only we would allow it!