I am upset this morning. Really upset.
I’m going to try to use the Un-Sticking Station to help myself feel better.
Hey, upset feeling, can we talk?
Upset feeling is a cyclone. Spinning behind my forehead, in my jaw. I start crying.
I’d like to help you.
Cyclone pauses. How? I thought I would have to just blow and blown until I got winded.
I think we have other options. It’s hard for me to have you cycling around inside me. How is it for you?
I feel completely out of control. This isn’t what I want.
OK. Ummm, I don’t know how to slow down a cyclone. I would like to offer you love, how can I do that? How do you want to be loved?
Cyclone starts crying. I don’t think anyone has ever tried to love me. I don’t know how to be loved.
OK, I am going to hung you then.
I imagine that I am hugging the cyclone. I start crying for this part of me who doesn’t know how to be loved.
Cyclone, I love you. Can you feel that? I feel for you, spinning out of control and not knowing how to stop, not knowing how to get what you want. You are precious and lovable.
The cyclone stops (!)
Now it’s a worm.
This feels like progress… but then the worm is just lying there. Like going from being stuck in a flight response to being stuck in a frozen response.
I offer the worm love through warming… I put a blanket on it, I bring in a fireplace and light it, I make a cozy little den. I put out some plates of snacks and a pot of tea.
I pet the worm, now it’s the size of my cat. I sit down beside it.
I don’t think I am frozen, I am resting.
Oh. That’s good.
How do you feel?
Well, like a cyclone has gone through me, I guess. I feel like my edges are frayed. My head hurts a little.
What do you want?
I want to make a drink, get on my bike, and go to the park with my tablet and draw and write and listen to music. I just worry I am too sensitive for the world right now. I am still crying a little, so…
You feel stuck?
Yeah.
What if there is no rush? What if you work towards that plan?
Oh wow that feels like relief.
What would you do, to help yourself get ready to do what you want?
Ice pack on my eyes. Meditation. Have breakfast. I can see myself feeling better then.
OK then let’s do it!
Cyclone/worm - thank you, I love that I started out trying to help you and then you ended up helping me. This is beautiful.
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