When
you feel good and strong consider writing a letter to yourself that you will
read at times you feel vulnerable.
Give yourself advise on how to cope and get better from your strong self
to your vulnerable self. You know
best what it feels like to be depressed, anxious, or discouraged. Here’s some things to
include in your letter:
- What things the strong-you does that make you feel better (exercise, positive thoughts, healthy diet, mindfulness, supportive friends…).
- What helped you leave behind depression or anxiety in the past.
- Affirmations that you need when feeling weak (others care, every day is a new day, you’ve done this before, it will pass, I love you,…).
·
Advise on what to NOT
do as you know from experience (drink, isolate, overeat, negative self-talk).
·
Your personal
resources and strengths (intelligence, empathy, energy, caring…).
·
Be supportive,
compassionate, caring, encouraging, and understanding of your vulnerable self.
·
Say something hopeful
(but believable, remember in dark times no one believes euphemisms)
