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4 WORDS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Learn the phrase to help you through difficult situations.
WHEN YOU ARE IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, dwelling on unanswerable—and upsetting—questions such as “What are we going to do if this treatment fails?” will only make matters worse.
To stop your mind from taking you down this scary and unproductive path, tell yourself, “I won’t go there,” advises Richard Carlson, PhD, in Easier Than You Think. “Those four simple words can change your life,” he says.
4 Words to change your life
I don't care for elderly parents yet. But I'm 51 and have 2 daughter 21 & 26 with physical and mental special needs. They are on about a 2nd grade level. One is fed through a feeding tube. They go to a day program but when they come home someone has to be with them all the time to keep them safe (they wouldn't know how or be able to get out of the house in case of a fire, etc.). The last 10 years I've had chronic suicidal depression. To me things are "all or nothing". I go from I can't handle this anymore so I think I'll commit suicide. So basically my therapist told me last week- Those four words "I won't go there". To not think of suicide as an option anymore. (It's like a recovering alcoholic having a bottle of booze around 'just in case'). So I'll have to remember those 4 words, "I won't go there" when those thoughts arise. Thank you.