Have you ever felt guilty for not feeling grateful, even when you know you should be?

When you're struggling with anxiety, bodily symptoms, intrusive thoughts, or overwhelming emotions,

gratitude can feel like an impossible task. So today, we're going to break down why that happens. Why guilt only makes

things worse, and exactly how to shift into a gentler approach to gratitude without forcing it.

Let's dive in.

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topic here. When gratitude feels impossible, you know, when you go on

the social media platforms, it's all about, you know, you should be feeling grateful, you know,

and for an anxiety suffer, though, it's very difficult to focus our attention, our awareness,

and give energy to the things we should be grateful for, because at the same time, for so long,

we've overly focused and been hyperly vigilant around symptoms, feelings in the body, negative feelings, our past, what our future is going to

hold. You know, our focus, our energy has gone to those directions for so long. So we tend to

feel quite guilty when we don't feel grateful because a lot of people that I work with through my programs are telling

me, Dennis, my life is pretty good, right? I mean, I have everything. I have support people. I have

a good career and all these things are going really well for me on the outside, but on the inside,

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