“You shouldn’t feel angry, guilty, or sad. Practice gratitude!”, they say.
And you repress your feelings and the anxiety and the racing thoughts kick in.
“You shouldn’t have these thoughts”, they say.
And you repress those thoughts, you get sick, you have all sorts of physical symptoms, and you go to the Internet and find the guru who says…
“You should meditate, do intermittent fasting, go keto, cut out starch and gluten and manage your stress”.
And you stop eating your mum’s food and your favourite Pret a Manger sandwich, and you buy a little Buddha to meditate together and you behave like the guru.
And there you are… more self-denial and alienation from your true self.
And your anxiety and your pain have got worse.
There is a better way.
Loving you, Angelos