The Backpack of Horrors
How many times have we experienced a negative event and then carried it with us for quite some time? I know I have. I've been plagued by so many things because of my social anxiety and I kept referring back to them any time something similar was happening. I would have horrible flashbacks to those embarrassing moments, uncomfortable situations and negative moments. It wasn't until I was talking to my therapist that I realized I kept all those memories close at hand to use as an excuse as to why I couldn't or wouldn't do something. It was my own personal backpack of horrors. Every little thing tucked away just waiting to be plucked out to haunt me all over again. How many times have one of you refused to do something because of a previous bad experience? Well as it turns out you've got a backpack of horrors too. After coming to this realization I made the conscious decision to "take off" my backpack. I didn't want to live with the const...