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@sdwa Thanks for the update. Sounds like things might be going good. (knock wood)
I think it is possible to learn to think better thoughts. The CBT people aren’t completely wrong. I just dislike the superficial nature of it. But I often think about how people who are worse off, the poorest people who have nothing, can still smile and laugh and find joy in life. And I think if they can do it, I can. And really, there is no point in being miserable all the time. You have to look for those little things that can make you smile in order to have hope and be able to carry on.
Yesterday I was wallowing in misery. But I let myself wallow for awhile and I am all wallowed out now. I find that it helps to do that, to just acknowledge the feelings and let them run their course. As long as you are able to shake it off when you’re done. That is where I run into trouble, because I tend to pull myself back down. I think it’s sometimes just hard to remember to work at that happiness. You get so caught up in the day to day stuff and you just don’t think about it.
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