Most people don’t realize depression and anxiety can show up when our brain lies to us. Here are 3 of the lies! 👉 The past: Replaying mistakes. Rewriting conversations. Beating yourself up for things you can’t change. That’s rumination. Feel the familiar, but it drags you into depression because your brain thinks it’s happening now. 👉 The future: “What if this goes wrong?” “What if that goes wrong?” Your brain invents scenarios to “prepare” you, but all it does is spike anxiety over things that aren’t even real, and haven't happened. 👉 The present: Even when life is good, you’re waiting for it to fall apart. We’re terrible at being here. We live in yesterday or tomorrow instead of the only place where nothing is actually wrong. 👏 The truth: Right now is the only moment you have. So pause. Breathe. Look around. Ask yourself: Is anything actually wrong in this exact moment? Not yesterday. Not in an hour or tomorrow. Right now. Didn’t think so. ✨ 🧠 Mindora.
Most people don’t realize depression and anxiety can show up when our brain lies to us. Here are 3 of the lies!
👉 The past: Replaying mistakes. Rewriting conversations. Beating yourself up for things you can’t change. That’s rumination. Feel the familiar, but it drags you into depression because your brain thinks it’s happening now.
👉 The future: “What if this goes wrong?” “What if that goes wrong?” Your brain invents scenarios to “prepare” you, but all it does is spike anxiety over things that aren’t even real, and haven't happened.
👉 The present: Even when life is good, you’re waiting for it to fall apart. We’re terrible at being here. We live in yesterday or tomorrow instead of the only place where nothing is actually wrong.
👏 The truth: Right now is the only moment you have. So pause. Breathe. Look around.
Ask yourself: Is anything actually wrong in this exact moment? Not yesterday. Not in an hour. Not tomorrow. Right now.
Didn’t think so. ✨
🧠 Mindora.