THE UNKNOWN CURE FOR ANY MENTAL ILLNESS

In our society today, many people struggle with mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, hoarding etc. but the only cure the doctors have for them is medication and/or counselling which some don’t find very helpful. But there is one alternative that not that many people know about. Marisa Peer is an outstanding therapist who uses one simple technique to change the lives of all her clients, 'I am enough.'

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"The most effective way to boost self-esteem is to praise yourself."

- Marisa Peer

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The common denominator for all emotional issues today is the phrase 'I am not enough.' Anyone who suffers from depression or anxiety either feels like they will never be enough for their parents, friends or the people around them. The solution that she has created is to tell yourself over and over again that you are enough.

Marisa tells an outstanding story of a young girl whose life was radically changed by this technique. This girl’s mother had killed herself and she found the body. She was a compulsive shopper and just tried to jump under a train. When Marisa entered the room, she asked her, 'do you know what is wrong with you,' she said, 'I have manic depression, I'm bipolar, I’m a compulsive shopper and I’m a hoarder.' And Marisa replied with, 'you don't think you're enough. Your Mum killed herself and you found her body, any child who went through that would think the same thought, 'I wasn't even enough for my Mum to live.' And all this shopping is filler for the fact that you don't think you're enough.' So, Marisa suggested that every day for a month she should tell herself 'I am enough,' so she set an alarm on her phone so that every morning and night she gets a reminder that she is enough, she wrote on her mirror, 'I am enough,' she made a recording to listen to saying, 'I am enough.' She also told herself over and over again that she is enough. As Marisa texted the girl every day, 'you are enough,' the girl then started texting back, 'I am enough,' through this simple technique, her life was radically changed. Later, she quit her job and started a charity for depressed people. This story blew my mind and made me realise the real power of our thoughts and the simple phrase, 'I am enough.'

The pictures you create in your mind and the words you tell yourself are the two things that affect the way you feel and respond to anything. If every time you thought about flying in a plane and you imagined the plane crashing and you told yourself that you are certain to die, then no matter what people tell you, you’re going to fear flying. This is because of the things you told yourself and the pictures you created in your head. But if you change the pictures in your head and the things you tell yourself, then the fear of flying will disappear. To overcome your fears, you need to lie to your brain so that it believes you really want to do the things that scare you.

Your mind does what it thinks you want and what it truly believes is in your best interest. If you hate your job and tell yourself that you wish you could have a week off work and have no one annoy you, your mind thinks 'ok, you want a week off work and no one to come near you, then I will give you the flu.' Your brain doesn't know if what you tell it is good or bad, it just does what it thinks you want. For example, if you are on a roller coaster and you absolutely hate it but you tell your mind that you love it and that it is the best thing ever, then you will start to believe it.

Maybe you've read this and are like, 'I don't need this, I know I am enough,' but is there someone in your world who does need this?

You may be thinking if this works then why doesn't anyone know about it? Help me to get this known by sharing it with all of your friend's. I believe that this technique has the power to change the way humanity sees mental illnesses forever.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3NyUMLh7Y

https://www.marisapeer.com/i-am-enough-marisa/