Alli Littlejohn

That was very helpful. I’m glad you brought up the point that difficulties Do not ever completely go away or solve themselves. Instead, situations temporarily resolve themselves and then difficulties again return. That thought is so helpful because every time I resolve a problem or have some growth, I tell everybody and think to myself that I’ve gotten past my emotional difficulties and I’ll be better now. Sort of believing that every time I get through a really difficult emotional time that I’m cured and then I’ve learned my lesson I won’t be emotional again. That leads me to a lot of failure because it keeps happening over and over even when I think I’ve gotten past it and I’ve never understood That difficulties are not supposed to just disappear forever. They will continue to happen in different ways. I don’t even think that was the point you’re making, but it just struck me as why don’t I stopped thinking to myself and telling people how I’m cured and better when more difficulties are gonna come up and then I’m gonna feel like I failed. I could instead look at myself as a work in progress. I can tell myself well I got past that difficulty instead of believing I got past all future difficulties. That’s much more realistic.