Hard to find enjoyment in life!!!

[Optimistic_22]

I have a lot to be thankful about but I rarely am able to truly feel enjoyment. I don’t want to feel this way anymore. My boyfriend is great but my negative and OCD spiral out of control. How do others cope? I’m Constantly on a emotional roller coaster. My anxiety also is in overdrive .Help I don’t want to be this way. It truly makes me feel bad. I don’t want to bring others down. I used to not be like this but life got really hard for three years before my fiancé past. Now I always find something wrong due to OCD and anxiety. I can’t live like this anymore. Never would be suicidal just want suggestions to cope. Thank You

[gerg]

“Things are not good or bad, it’s the view that we wish to take of them that makes them so.”

If my perspective is not serving me I change it. Everything can be viewed from many different angles. A mistake can be viewed as an opportunity. For every loss there is something that is gained. I can find several things that are good about a rainy day.

If I am bothered by something, I ask myself why I chose that view. I often find that I have no good reason to have the view that is objectionable. Then I try to find a view that serves me better.

This is a skill that takes practice and commitment, but the concept is not difficult to grasp. I make me feel how I feel, I choose contentment and joy.

[Strongest123]

It’s tough. Not easy especially when one has OCD and anxiety. I suffer from both and I also have severe depression. I do see my therapist twice a week and I’m on meds. Even though the meds I’ve been taking don’t seem to work. The one thing I find that does help me feel a little better is working out. I’ve always been acweightlifter but when the depression got worse I couldn’t find the motivation to workout. I would try and cut back or eliminate caffeine. Try and start meditating. It can be tricky especially when one has these crazy intrusive thoughts bombarding you all the time. One other thing I’d recommend is reading the book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Great book. Good luck to you. Samson

[Optimistic_22 in reply to Strongest123]

Thank You for your advice.