Asking for Help
When we are anxious, despairing, angry, or upset in some other way, we can use these easy sentences to navigate and relieve our negative feelings. It’s not healthy to be upset, angry, or unhappy for too long, so we allow ourselves to ask for help. First, we can immediately seek comfort from ourselves, providing internal reassurance, but we also can look to others for external support. It can be difficult to speak calmly when we’re hurting, so we memorize these easy sentences to help soothe our distressed feelings:
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Write these sentences on a small piece of paper. Next time you feel angry with someone, depressed and overwhelmed, or any other negative emotion, pull out your piece of paper and you’ll have these small-but-powerful sentences ready to transform your painful feelings. We can help ourselves by using them for introspection, and we can recite them to other people, so that they may help us in healing our uncomfortable feelings.
The first sentence allows our loved ones and friends to acknowledge our suffering so they may offer understanding and support to us in our moments of discomfort. The second sentence reminds us to practice mindful breathing as we live fully in the present moment. We can use our concentration and gratitude for the many conditions for happiness around us to avoid speaking or acting unskillfully. It can be tempting to outwardly manifest our painful feelings, but we can mindfully breathe and focus on redirecting our energy into something healthy and productive. The third sentence asks for help, something very difficult to do when we are upset and want nothing more than to pull away from whoever/whatever hurt us.
The first sentence allows our loved ones and friends to acknowledge our suffering so they may offer understanding and support to us in our moments of discomfort. The second sentence reminds us to practice mindful breathing as we live fully in the present moment. We can use our concentration and gratitude for the many conditions for happiness around us to avoid speaking or acting unskillfully. It can be tempting to outwardly manifest our painful feelings, but we can mindfully breathe and focus on redirecting our energy into something healthy and productive. The third sentence asks for help, something very difficult to do when we are upset and want nothing more than to pull away from whoever/whatever hurt us.
Personal Note: I sometimes try to distance myself or push people away when I’m hurting, so I find these words to be useful not only in preventing detachment, but also in having an easy time reconnecting with my loved ones and friends if I do isolate or act negatively while struggling.