What Are the Questions You Ask Yourself?

Are you Tired? Frustrated or angry? Depressed? Overwhelmed? Do you feel anxious? Do you feel like you just can’t cope?
Do you frequently ask yourself any of the following questions?
• Why me?
• Why do I have to put up with this?
• When is it ever going to end?
• Why do I always have to struggle?
• Why can’t my friends/family be more_______?
• Why do I always have to take care of things?
• Why can’t others help?
• Why are people against me?
• Why do I have to live like this?
• Why do I always have to suffer?
• When am I going to get an opportunity to ________?
• Why can’t I be lucky?
• When is it going to be my turn?
• Why not me?
Now go back and read the list slowly. Read each question, and wait for an answer before going to the next question. Take a couple of minutes to do this now.

Did you notice what happened? Did you notice your automatic responses to these questions? If you didn’t, try it again, and listen. Your mind instantly responds to these questions with answers. Where did these answers come from? Are they something you have consciously chosen or decided?

For the next couple of days allow yourself to be aware of the questions you ask. Write them down. Practice hearing the answers your mind provides you to these questions. Simply observe the questions and responses you automatically think or say. Finally, notice how you feel physically, mentally and emotionally.
So to recap:
1. Become aware of the questions you ask frequently without thinking
2. Notice the answers your mind automatically provides
3. Feel. Feel how these questions and answers affect you mentally, emotionally and physically


How can you use questions to get immediate mental and emotional relief?