Do you have a Facebook account? Do you enjoy your account? Do you enjoy being on Facebook, does it cause you happiness? Does it cause you stress, resentment, anger, anxiety? Does it actually make you feel good about yourself and those around you?

When Facebook came out I jumped on board, it took me a while as I wasn’t huge into computers, I was busy living and taking care of my children. Once I got going with it though, I was addicted. I was stuck on letting everyone know what I was doing, what I was thinking, I had fun making jokes and sharing pictures and what not. Somehow though and it happened really quickly, I started using it for vague statements because my statements caused people to pay attention to me. I never realized just what a negative impact that had on me because I was already depressed and…

What happened to us? I’ve noticed since I’ve been on this journey during this past year that it seems no matter how “positive” we try to be, it’s damn near impossible to avoid anything negative. Damn near, I tell you! It’s taken me a lot of time alone and I mean alone in my house with my favorite radio station on, no phone, no television and no company other than my pets,  retraining my brain to stop resorting to the negative in such a way that I can almost keep it from bothering me anymore. It absolutely does bother me when it’s constantly thrown at me in my daily life, it’s really hard to maintain my progression when this happens.

How can we avoid this? I don’t know if this can ever really be avoided but I do think that it can be deterred so that it doesn’t affect us…