I was introduced a couple of weeks ago by my son to Flappy Birds, typically I can set games aside. But with Flappy Birds I was instantly hooked and I knew it. I get frustrated as to how this seemingly easy game was proving me wrong over and over again. So I have to seen through my time playing parallels to life and the management of anxiety.
1. That perception is very important, sometimes we perceive things as being easier than they are and other times more difficult. In the case of flappy birds I underestimated the complexity of the game therefore thinking that it must be something wrong with me. Fortunately this is just a game that I can turn off- ha ha, but in other aspects of life it's not that easy. But sometimes we psych ourselves out by believing that things are more difficult than they are.
2. You have to focus on you first, not what's ahead. I failed miserably focusing on how to get over the next obstacle, over and over again trying to fit myself through that seemingly large space.
3. That sometimes wanting to break my record even though I am only on the second tube, brings me to messing it up and dying. My anxiety is "gotta break my record" "gotta get to my record and beyond", "gotta catchup with the kid's records". These thoughts get me no where because they prevent we from focusing on the right now and what I am capable of doing in the present. So I have learned to modify by seeing progress in groups of 10. Manageable and measurable steps.
4. That if you allow the ups and downs to control you that you are more likely to fail. But if you just focus maintaining a comfortable pace within yourself that you will succeed in managing anxiety.
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