Imagine finding yourself in an unending, extensive, and intricate maze with no escape path in sight. You are constantly moving from one twisted labyrinth to another. It’s becoming increasingly glaring that you are lost. Eventually, you are worn-out, tired, lonely, agitated, disoriented, in shock, and feel as if you are losing your mind. Being a prisoner of your own mind is just like that.
You are a prisoner of your own mind when you unconsciously position yourself in a place of doubt and fear through misguided beliefs about yourself or the world at large.
You are in a mental prison when your beliefs about what you are allowed to feel or do are erroneous, ill-advised, and debilitating.
You are a prisoner of your own mind when you fixate and dwell on unpleasant past occurrences, always pessimistic, constantly doubting your own decisions, always feeling like the world is out to get you, always shoulder the blame for things beyond your control, or hastily jumping to conclusions every time.
In the search for happiness, many end up creating problems where there are none. Competition becomes jealousy. Jealousy results in frustration and fear. Fear prevents you from running your race at your own pace, which culminates in disappointment, loneliness, and sadness.
The root problem is basically “overthinking things”. And I’m not talking about Pep Guardiola here (football followers will get what I mean). Having negative thoughts is not the only way people become a prisoner of their own mind. Overthinking things that normally should not take long makes the brain wobbly and the mind confused.
A congested mind leaves no room for a serene heart. You can’t make sound life decisions when troubled, which increases the likelihood of failure and disappointment; throwing you deeper into your mental prison.
Living as a prisoner of your own mind rapidly deteriorates your mental health. You will always be in constant fear of failure. Hence, experiencing any sort of disappointment will hit you very hard. Surviving any form of pain or sadness will be taxing. Depression, paranoia, and other mental conditions also set in easily.
Constantly worrying about the future or stressing to meet your misguided standards just to feel “good enough,” will make you vulnerable to hypertension and other heart conditions that easily and abruptly shorten your life span.
Obsessing over other people’s achievements and being noticeably jealous may destroy your relationship with others. This may result in segregation and ostracization that will add new complex labyrinths to your mental maze.
Having a troubled mind may result in several sleepless nights which is very dangerous. You also age faster and notice more wrinkles on your skin when you don’t get enough zzzs.
Even more worrying is that being a prisoner of your own mind doesn’t only hurt you but also, those close to you or within your vicinity. Your actions and behaviors will hurt your friends, family, and even co-workers. This could be by having little or no time for your family, always irritated, excessively harsh over little things, quick to anger, and unapproachable.
Isn’t it paradoxical that the quest for happiness that makes many people prisoners in their own mind is the same thing that brings them avoidable pain, stress, sorrow, and loneliness?
Anyway, I’m glad to inform you that countless benefits await as soon as you finally break out of your mental prison.
You get to enjoy peace of mind and all the benefits that accompany it like better sleep, fortified immune system, restored body cells, increased cognitive functioning, clarity of thoughts, a sharper memory, and increased energy.
You also enjoy a significant boost in mood, improved self-esteem and self-worth, reduced risk of hypertension, reduction in anxiety, better interrelationships, reduced likelihood of depression or any other mental disorder, improvement in personal skills, improved communication, great self-acceptance, a greater sense of calm, and better management of emotions.
Now that you know what you stand to gain by breaking free of your mental prison, the next logical step will be “how to pull it off,” right? Stay tuned for the concluding part of this article.
Till then, PEACE OUT & STAY SAFE!
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