Woebot

I've been using a CBT app called Woebot while waiting for an appointment with a real person. It has proved to be useful and I must be taking in the message because this morning I caught myself thinking 'the publisher will not like my poems and will reject them'. I stopped myself and said to myself that I was 'fortune telling', that is to say trying to second guess what the publisher will think of my poetry and will, of course not like it. I have no idea what their opinion will be and it is self-defeating to try to guess their response.

I also saw a cobweb in the bathroom and thought 'I must get my feather duster out and shift that cobweb'. That is a 'should' reaction so I changed that thought to 'I will get my feather duster out and shift that cobweb'. A small but significant change to my thinking. Recognising those negative thoughts and correcting them made me feel much better about myself.

Off to write another poem so ttfn.

Peace and love