Dramatized Worry
I am listening to the book, You Don't Have to Suffer by Judy Tatelbaum. It is an interesting self help book that talks about all of the things we, as humans, do to prolong suffering. I do not really care for self help books because they always make me feel bad/shamed and then defensive but I have found some parts of this book interesting. One thing that was discussed in the book is that we tend to dramatize our worries and plan for the worst case senario. I thought "oh course, then you are pleasantly surprised and re-leaved." But then I started looking at the my life and thinking of my dramatic worries (this does not include anxiety which I will probably touch on later in this blog). In September I noticed a spot on my back; I thought it was a scrape or a bruise but it didnt go away. Then I noticed that it was starting to feel rough and scaly, so I started lotioning it but it still did not go away. My family has a long history of skin cancer (no...
