why does this work?
why do you actually need to tell yourself these things?
because your subconscious doesn’t know
how to judge what’s true or false, real or delusion.
you tell yourself constantly
that it’s hopeless
that you don’t know
if you will get through this
or even that you won’t
that you’re not ok
that you’re never going to be ok
now think about how you feel
the fear, anxiety, even
extreme vigilance, guardedness
that you live in all the time
the stress internalized, sublimated
into your body
your shoulders, your neck
or your stomach, your head(ache)
your subconscious self
takes all of those things you tell it
as the absolute truth
and tries to cope, live
in the reality you’re painting