Thread by @ArmaniTalks

You aren't going to think your way out of rock bottom.

Reflection is great.

But ultimately, its action that will pull you out of darkness.

Your body is fighting you. The body feels heavy, lethargic & drained.

Fight back. Take action anyways.

Gym, hobbies, skill building etc

Rock bottom builds character.

Reflection will help you with the healing process.

But it is action that will unlock greatness.

During the reflection stage, you want to focus on the WHAT before the WHY.

Moving on comes from learning the WHAT, acknowledging it & coming into acceptance with it.

You don't have to like what happened.

But just need to acknowledge it.

However, most people automatically go to the WHY.

'Why did this happen to me?'

'Why is the world out to get me?'

'Why am I such a bum?'

Me, me, me....

Gotta flip the mindset.

When you lead with WHY, you aren't reflecting.

You are just assigning yourself the narrative of a victim.

Gotta be better than that

Acknowledge the WHAT first so then you can look at the WHY like an adult.

When you know what kind of predicament you're in, that's when you own up to your mistakes.

You'll realize that others weren't only responsible.

You may have been responsible as well.

Reflection all leads back to the same conclusion.

You are the only person who needs to pull yourself out of rock bottom.

Others aren't going to do it for you.

That's where action comes in.

It's easier to do something until you think it rather than think something until you do it.

Not even close.

This is why in order to control your mind, you are going to have to do it thru the tangible world.

Use the energy to level up just 1 part in your life.

You don't need to do a whole makeover yet.

Just get 1 part started & invest all of you into it to teach your body emotional intelligence.

Your body is dumb, but can be made intelligent.

So teach it.

Once you channel the strong sensations into 1 act, you condition your body to relax.

Flow with the energy rather than against it.

You know swim along the tsunami rather than against it.

Taking action towards a task allows you to control the sensations of your body.

And once you can control the sensations, you can begin controlling the mind.

You were never given a users manual of the mind.

And it's hard for use to control what we can't see.

Luckily, we can see the body.

And we can see ourselves taking action.

Learning a skill is a form of meditation.

Once you begin seeing the structure behind the chaos of rock bottom, your mind becomes clearer.

The strong sensations may not be gone.

But at least your mind knows that it can operate under these circumstances

So now, rather than feeling strong sensations and:

-distracting yourself with drugs, alcohol, snacks.

You are:

-investing in yourself with knowledge, practice & consistency.

Gotta force yourself to work even when you don't want to.

That may not be the pretty advice.

But it's the advice which allows you to use your pain & discover your inner victor.

Rather than stay a victim

Rock bottom is a tough moment.

But there will be plenty more to come.

Carry yourself like a G on this one, so possible ones in the future feel like light work.

Strengthen the internal & exist among anything in the external.

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