What If's....

[billie48]

Well done, and congratulate for you 1st step to get back to normal living again, @kmohoruk and it can only get better when we dare T & H to claim back, if slowly, the life we had before them. Keep up the positive attitude. Forget the future which is not a reality and the pass which is already history. The only moment is NOW, and it is the only time you can do something about with positive actions. Just Do It, the heck with T, and live your life abundantly to bury T.

 

[Dana]

I guess here are the couple that are kicking around my head right now....

- What if I'm not able to continue working again
- What if my sounds tolerances don't get better fast enough for my girl friend
- What if my T or H gets worse and it continues to evolve into something worse
- What if I'm not able to work out in a gym again
- What if I turn out to not be a great candidate for sound therapy - then what?
- What if I become a burden to my family

Anyways, I'm not really sure what can come out of this haha. I just had to get this off my chest.....and I already feel a bit better I hope that once I start work again - and being around new people, that this will hopefully help with this little bit of uneasiness and it'll drift away....

- What if it turns out you do just fine at work?
- What if your girlfriend thinks you're getting better even faster than she thought you would?
- What if your T or H get better or evolve into a milder form?
- What if you're able to work out in a gym again and find that it takes your mind off of your T and H?
- What if you're the perfect candidate for sound therapy?
- What if you're not giving your family enough credit?

"What if" thinking is usually done in a way to bring about catastrophic thinking, but it can be reversed!

Hey, @MattK , the absolutely best post I have ever read since I have joined this forum. Congratulations!

 

[Dana]

@MattK observation is worth 1000 Winner ratings, not only some, but he let some things to be understood, didn't word them explicitly, IMO. I will say explicitly what I think he left to be understood: "what if" thinking usually brings catastrophic thinking, and, in continuation of that, catastrophic thinking has catastrophic consequences on our health, and, vice versa, positive thinking, (even apparantely "unrealistical positive thinking") has healing powers. The mind governs the body through our subconscious (that controlls every single cell in out body) and influences, even designs, our future.

On a personal note: my latest attempt to reach healing was to buy a stack of books about this subject. Didn't get to read them all. The most renowned doctors in the world agree to that, and it was verified by experiences in both ways. Negative thinking lead even to death (the lamb who died of fear of a wolf who was in a cage put next to his cage, although the lamb was properly fed and the wolf couldn't get to him) and positive thinking brought what people are calling "miracle healings". (There are no "miracles", actually, each apparent "miracle" has in reality an explanation, but we just don't know it yet, cause we know so little about mind, body, and their intertwinement)

So we should watch our every single thought! It can make us or break us!

 

[Dr. Nagler]

So we should watch our every single thought! It can make us or break us!

I understand what you are saying and agree with you in principle. But you are setting a standard of perfection to which nobody can possibly adhere! We cannot watch our every thought! The best we can reasonably do is understand the concept and try to keep it in mind. And I'm willing to bet that's what you really meant!