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I strongly believe that in order to overcome the mental health difficulties I have experienced for half of my life, I need to better understand the way I think. I have learnt a great deal in the past 9 months, and despite a few setbacks I do feel as though I am getting there. Being more aware of the way I think and how that influences my mood makes me feel much more in control which decreases the anxiety and helplessness I have felt in the past.
I am in the process of accepting that things are not always black and white. This is a very common thinking distortion, but one that can have a massive impact on your mood.
I have always striven to be perfect, and when I have felt that I cannot do something to the best of my ability or do it 'perfectly' I have not done it at all. My black and white, all or nothing, thinking has in the past made me believe that if I am not perfect then I must be terrible. Thinking like this can make you feel inadequate, because nobody will ever be 'perfect'... whatever perfect is?
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