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Posted 5/9/2013 9:20 AM (GMT 0)
I know this is random but someone told me to stop focusing on all the negatives in my life. They said I need to focus on all the positives and be thankful for everything I have. So I ask everyone to say 5 positive things about there selfs it can be anything . You can post it or write it down or say it aloud. Here
My list goes:
I'm a great cook
I sing well
I have good grades in college
I'm nice and helpful
I'm strong for living through everything I have endured and not giving up hope.

You know what so what if I have bad anxiety it
Will pass eventually and I won't always suffer like this.
Posted 5/9/2013 12:34 PM (GMT 0)
Hi

That was great advice you received. Focusing on the positives can help you feel better. I like your list. Keep adding things to them daily.
Continue to stay positive.

UA
Posted 5/9/2013 1:24 PM (GMT 0)
My list:

1) I've been fortunate to travel the world
2) I'm great at my job
3) I have a wonderful and supportive wife
4) I am a good singer
5) I am supportive, thankful and humbled by all the beautiful and wonderful things in my life.

I have anxiety and panic attacks but so what? It doesn't define who I am or steal anything from me. My anxiety and panic is teaching me to love myself more and know who I really am. My anxiety and panic might feel bad at times but its a blessing in disguise because I wouldn't have slowed down otherwise.
Posted 5/9/2013 2:18 PM (GMT 0)
This is great...we haven't had a gratefulness thread in awhile!

There is a book called 'What Happy People Know' by Dr. Dan Baker. He firmly believes that gratefulness is the antidote to fear.

He focuses on people with chronic and even fatal diseases and conditions (a bit hard to read if you are health phobic) but works with them until they come to a place of peace and happiness in spite of their tough circumstances

Exercises on embracing gratitude is key in his treatment!

Here is my list:

1) My family, friends and church
2) My husband's and my jobs
3) Living where I do, and having plenty
4) Volunteering
5) Health
Posted 5/9/2013 10:42 PM (GMT 0)
My list:
1) I am a great wife and mommy
2) I am a hard worker and have a great job
3) I just bought my first house
4) I have things set up pretty nicely in my life at the moment
5) I am ultimately happy!!! :)

I have anxiety, but its temporary. I believe its a lesson in life and proves to us how strong we really are! We wouldn't be where we are today without it. Its a blessing in disguise I've come to accept.
Posted 5/9/2013 11:00 PM (GMT 0)
I have so much to be grateful for it is hard to limit my list to 5.........

I am so very grateful for my loving husband, our children, our grandchildren and our great-grandchildren.

I am grateful for the awesome country we live in.

I am grateful for my friends both here and in the real world.

I am grateful for the food we have that is so bountiful and a place to live.

I am grateful for the Drs. who are taking care of my health issues  and the hospitals that are nearby where I can receive treatments for my cancer.

Blessings to all of you,

Kitt

Posted 5/10/2013 12:03 AM (GMT 0)
That's really great advice, I have been trying to "practice gratitude" a term I picked up on a Vegan Forum somewhere, and I think it really helps with my anxiety. Sort of a meditation type thing! Here's my list:

God, above all God.

My husband and my children, and the rest of my family

My ability to be strong in the face of extreme hardship

The eighteen years I had with my brother before he died, and the newborn son he left us

I am finally at a stage in my life where I love who I am, and I can honestly say I have never been here before.

Yes, now I have anxiety problems, but I am hopeful that I can get it to go away (positive thinking) with some of the lifestyle changes that I have already made. And if they never do? Well that's fine too, because I'll still love and be loved, and enjoy my life!
Posted 5/10/2013 1:37 AM (GMT 0)
Yes it is great to think positive!!! My list:

1. The love of my life, my boyfriend
2. My health
3. My family and friends
4. Great cook
5. Music and dancing
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