Mental

"Pause.  Breathe.  Repair your universe. Proceed."     It has been a bit since my last post.  The reason for this is a pause.  After my DBT group ended, my therapist moved from the practice.  So far I have been assigned to two other therapists that have also left the practice.  While this could be a source of frustration or depression for me, it has been a practice in wise-mind, in the pause.     One of the major aspects of DBT (Dialectic Behavior Therapy) and mindfulness practice is being able to be comfortable in the pause.  Had someone told me even a year ago that I would be sitting here, calmly writing a blog post about embracing the times of pause, I would have laughed.  I am notorious for chattering, fidgeting, and becoming excessively nervous in any kind of pause.  I fill the pause.  If I don't, nervous energy builds up inside and I become even more socially awkward.  In that moment I feel all att...