Your Brain is Messing With You

I confess I spend a lot of time thinking about what someone might say or do to me, and what I will say or do in return.

Regardless if someone does or does not like me, they haven't done anything to me yet. They didn't say that I suck at work and they want to fire me. They didn't say I am a lousy father or a bad friend. But I FEEL like they implied it. I FEEL like next time I should be ready to tell them off.

Once I accepted that my thoughts were not always based in reality, but a sign of my own fears being imposed on a situation, it was easier to relax and be in the moment. 

I am not saying you are imagining mistreatment or abuse, or that people are not always your friend. I am saying that spending time thinking about what might happen to you only drains you and nobody else.