Expectations are good when couched with understanding and education. I think of my children and the thoughts about their abilities to do things. For example, How quick they can get their homework done? How good they are at a sport? And sometimes it’s expectations of others such as “Aren’t you going to buy those shoes for me?” Think about the emotional fallout from assuming or thinking that things should be a certain way. We are all guilty of it, not just my kids. How does this play out in your life? What are the types of things that you expect of yourself and the world around you that serve as to perpetuate feelings of dissatisfaction? Anxiety often is what we don’t expect but with the help of AR and coming to the realization of it, we can begin to manage it. So if your hope is that anxiety will just disappear, this for most people is an unrealistic expectation. Anxiety is a pattern of response to stress and the suffering that is brought on by the feelings and responses.
How do I breakdown the fallout from these expectations?
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