How to Let Go When Youâve Tried Everything Else
By nature we home into a negative bias. Itâs how weâve evolved as a species and not become extinct - by keeping ourselves safe. We are very good at noticing danger - so good that our âdanger antennaâ is primed more than our âhappiness antenna.â Â
So how do we break through this false-prison-comfort-zone we trap ourselves in?Â
Certainly not by pressing down the gas peddle on more of the same - complaining, blaming, victimizing, playing it safe. These are the very thoughts we need to let go of to take the risks that bring growth. Â
Deal with the things you run from. It is the only way to let them go. Yes, itâs hard. But if we donât admit what feeling is at the root of our pain it will bubble up each time that feeling you havenât accepted is triggered. You may have felt abandoned, rejected, dismissed, hurt. Whatever it is examine it. Donât turn away. âI feel dismissed and it hurt.â Get curios. Familiarize yourself with it. This disarms its power.
Then put the brakes on negative paraly...
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