Gemlins

We all have gremlins in our mind that tell us "I no good at ...." or "I'll never be succesful at ....". Steve Peters in the Chimp Paradox talks about the Chimp in our brain putting these gremlins there and that they should be dismissed as nonsense. But how do we work out what are gremlins and how do we get rid of them?

A useful test comes from CBT where we imagine a judge analysing the evidence of the situation. Where is the evidence that we are no good at this or that particular activity. If we try to observe it neutrally we may draw the conclusion that we are no good at certain skills because we have always given up too easily and never really practiced them fully.

So the lesson here is; before we give a negative verdict on ourselves analyse the evidence, it is perhaps the chimp being overly dramatic as usual.

Now my three things to be grateful for

1. I managed to get out on the bike into the countryside today although it was a wee bit chilly on the hands and feet it was dry.

2. My wife does not have any university work today so we are actually relaxing at home this afternoon.

3. We are having a takeaway for dinner as it is the weekend.

4. an extra I know, There is big game here in Glasgow tomorrow so I may be either feeling grateful or disappointed tomorrow.

Cheers