I WILL NEVER FEEL HUNGRY EVER AGAIN!!

When I was a new mother suffering from postpartum anxiety, I remember predicting that I was ALWAYS going to feel this bad for the rest of motherhood.

My future looked so bleak, so painful... with so much shame, guilt, and fear.

And so I kept falling back into despair again and again...

I was never going to overcome this!

I was never going to feel like my old self again!

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Well, it was actually Daniel Gilbert's insights into Thanksgiving Dinner that gave me huge relief.

In his book "Stumbling on Happiness", Daniel Gilbert asks us to envision feeling absolutely STUFFED from Thanksgiving Dinner.

(The Americans here WILL actually feel stuffed this evening so you don't even have to envision it! lol)

Well... when we are stuffed with Thanksgiving Dinner, it is almost impossible to imagine feeling anything other than stuffed.

It is very, very difficult to imagine ever feeling hungry again!

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Why is this?

Our feeling apparatus can only feel ONE THING at any one moment in time.

We take WHAT WE FEEL RIGHT NOW and we project it onto the future.

For example...

- "I am so full right now. I will ALWAYS feel this full!"

- "I am so depressed right now. I will ALWAYS feel this depressed."

- "I am such a loser. I will always be a loser."

- "I feel so much fear. I will ALWAYS feel this fear."

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If you are currently suffering from anxiety, depression or any other painful emotion... it is important to remember that your current feelings have NOTHING to do with your future at all.

They are ONLY what you are feeling RIGHT NOW, at this one moment in time!

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So go and stuff yourself this evening as much as you can... 😅

Notice how difficult it is to feel hungry.

And then notice how hungry you will feel by around 2pm tomorrow.

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I am not sure exactly when, but that hunger WILL come.

You WILL feel hungry again!

And you WILL feel happy at at peace again!

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Happy Thanksgiving! ❤️

Marni Penner

Anxiety & Depression Coach

Happiness Coach for Young Mothers & for Everyone