“This is the most uncomfortable thing I’m gonna endure today”

Hi everyone I came up with this affirmation every morning and it really helps me. Maybe it will help one of you, and it sounds silly but it works for me and my anxiety.

So one of the tips when you are having anxiety or a panic attack is “run your hands under cold water” to like bring you back to present. Well I made this affirmation for the morning similar. Basically at the end of my shower I will run the water as cold as it can possibly be, and I let it wash over me for a minute or two sometimes longer. And it feels like the longest two minutes of your life.. but as the water washes over me and I’m freezing cold, I repeat: “This is the hardest/most uncomfortable thing I will have to endure today”.

Now it’s like, of course it’s not the hardest thing I’m gonna do today, life is hard there are gonna be tough days and bad moments, also life is genuinely hard for a lot of people including myself, but framing it in the way of, if i can get through this ice cold water on me at 5 am, something really uncomfortable in the morning you wanna be warm not freezing why do i choose to do this? It makes you feel like you’re in control, like no, i can handle tough things.

I know it sounds silly but try it out. “This is the hardest/most uncomfortable thing I will have to endure today”.