One thing I’ve been noticing recently is this. Whenever something keeps replaying in my head, it’s rarely because of what happened. It’s because of the story I wrote about what happened. A comment on social media. An interaction at work. A disagreement. Feedback from a cat show judge. They all have one thing in common. The actual event usually takes less than a minute. The replay in my head lasts much longer. For example, I recently found myself getting irritated […]
Most of the time, I’m not fighting reality. I’m fighting the story I made up.
