A New Kind of Therapy

Engaging in some activities really lightens heavy loads.recovered. Paintballing gives you the opportune time to
When you are bottled up inside and you feel reallylet out your anger. And in the paintball field you might
troubled, there is always a way to let it out. Try thejust realize friends are out there, you just have to
following activities to escape from reality even for areach out. Get down, dirty, sweat your emotions out
while: Mountain climbing, wall climbing, island hopping,and breathe your aches out - take in new air, aim that
swimming, paintballing, journal writing. Simple things reallypaintball gun and win the battle this time. You never
help you unload your burdens. It helps you get awayhave to lose all the battles; the paintball field gives you
for some time to pamper yourself now that you mightan equal chance of winning. Swimming could be a
be feeling so helpless. You cannot do anything with thegreat outlet too when you want the tears to just flow
situation, it happened beyond your control. Butwith the water. Cry your all out and drown your tears
remember to give yourself a chance to recuperatewith the water, nobody would know but you and that
from the loss and from thatstupid tears. Go island hopping when you want
so-much-more-than-excruciating-pain you are feelingserenity, enjoy the silence and just realize there is
right now. There is always a way to escape. Be yourheaven after hell. Wall climbing could be a great
own therapist, nurse your wounded emotions andtherapy also, reach higher this time, you have been too
medicate that pain. You have no one but yourself tolow. And mountain climbing, now that you have almost
help you through this.touched the sky, whisper to God to take away all the
Write everything down, even the most unacceptablepain and as you go down - unload your worries and
emotions you may be feeling right now. It is oneleave it all up to Him.
therapy for you and it will serve as a reminder in thePick up the pieces of your old self and put it all
future of how broken you once were and were abletogether and allow yourself to heal on its own. Having
to get yourself back together. It is a record of youdone all these activities could make your load lighter.
falling down and getting up. Read it over and overTime heals all wounds, you are not running away from
again, it is a humbling experience to see how low youyour problems - you just sometimes have to breathe
go for something you love. Then comes, acceptance,and take your time. Life is like a battlefield, you have to
and one day, I assure you, you will find yourselfarm yourself with strong willpower and faith. The rest
laughing while reading that journal - you haveis taken care of. Believe and you shall be healed.