Dr. Dianne Baer PhD, LPC, CMHC, DCC
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Overwhelmed
| Posted on February 2, 2013 at 1:51 PM |
Even though I try to keep up with my paperwork, website, treatment plans and billing it just always seems to creep up on me. I have taken various photos over the last few years of times when my desk (and the floor around me) was absolutely covered with files and lists (and even lists of the lists). I don't know why I take the photos unless I think that it will help me to gain sympathy should anyone ever see the photos. Don't we all get overwhelmed in our daily lives at some time? It is such a key component to stress and anxiety. Most of us make more plans than we could possibly have time to ever accomplish. We make commitments that take up so much of our time that we don't have time to focus on what's really important. We get so OVERWHELMED often trying to please others in our lives that we forget the most important thing which is to take care of ourselves. Women seem to be especially guilty of this. I am not really certain why but I hear about it frequently. Perhaps it comes from our mothers and grandmothers reminding us most of our lives of what we "should" be doing. So, you say, what can be done when we feel overwhelmed? We can stop. That's right. Just stop. Take a breath. Get away from what you are doing. Visualize packing everything up that you have on your "to do" list and then unpacking it one little box at a time. Don't allow the "shoulda" and "coulda" thoughts to intrude on your plan. Take time for a walk around the block. Take time to have lunch with a friend, read a magazine, play in the floor with a child, bake cookies for someone you care about....just do what you can. After all....that's really all any of us can do, isn't it? The work or whatever is overwhelming us will look much less powerful if we have taken the time to find some personal peace in our life. |
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