The Problem with Resisting Your Problems

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni: Emotional Abuse and Relationship Expert

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2015

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Resistance to your problems is very similar to denial. Both delay closure, and both create suffering. However, resistance creates denial, after all, you wouldn't want to suffer any more than you are so you resist facing your issue and coming to a hard decision. Regardless if the problem goes away or not, there is a way to end the suffering typically involved with problems. And that's what today's episode is all about.

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0:00.0	Do you have anxiety about your challenges?
0:01.7	Head over to Quiet Begins.com and check out the safe empowerment system
0:06.1	and help your anxiety dissolve today.
0:08.6	Life presents the toughest challenges.
0:11.2	Every day you are faced with decisions that test your ability to express who you really want to be in this world.
0:17.0	We're told to keep saying affirmations and keep thinking positively, but what do you do when that stuff doesn't work?
0:25.0	Welcome to the overwhelmed brain where you'll learn to make decisions that are right for you
0:29.6	so that you can create the life you want now. Hello, this is Paul Kolyani, host of the overwhelmed brain, the Personal Growth Show for the
0:51.3	Critical Thinker. On this this show I'll share practical down to earth steps
0:56.3	to help you improve your mood and keep you sane in this powerful journey, Recall Life. We'll talk about why we do the things we do and
1:05.1	what we can do to reach higher levels of happiness and lower levels of stress and
1:09.9	overwhelm. Today's quick quote is by Peter M. Sengi and it's this people don't resist change
1:18.8	they resist being changed. I had someone write to me lately and tell me that they get sad attacks. You know
1:27.8	what those are, right? Those are the times when everything's going along fine and then you get an attack or sudden onslaught of sadness.
1:37.0	Whether it's sadness, anger, or any other negative emotion that makes you feel bad in some way, these sudden feelings can come out of nowhere.
1:47.0	You can be in the middle of a fun, happy moment in life and then, boom, you get struck with a strong negative emotion. I remember
1:56.4	in the 90s I spent most of those years with an underlying layer of sadness and
2:01.3	I didn't even realize it was happening until one day I was
2:04.6	driving along in my car and I suddenly had energy and I was actually free of
2:10.4	all negative emotions. It was the first time and a long time I felt happy. I felt at peace.
2:19.3	And in an instant it was gone again. It was like that scene in the movie Matrix Revolutions near the end where the two main characters are flying their ship towards the Machine City.
2:32.0	They're being chased and attacked by thousands of
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