Breaking Thru My Packing Block

I’ve found myself really hesitating to do more packing now that most of my books and book shelves are packed away. I realized from a dream last week what the problem was– a psychological block.

That dream here:  lucretiasheart.livejournal.com/1325028.html

Today I used the IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapy to talk to those parts of me who are stuck in the past, thinking moving NOW is somehow related to the last time I moved.

It helped.

I started packing decorations and personal items laying all around my bedroom and den today. My pain flares have dwindled since I got meds, but I still have to be careful (until I get my meds sent to me hopefully within the month) so I only do a bit at a time– but at least I’m making real progress now!

Though I have no emotional attachment to the Ghost Lake house, packing my personal belonging has been triggering the sense of betrayal and sadness I have from the LAST time I moved. I was surprised at how powerful such a thing could be to make it so hard to do something so simple. I mean, I’ve moved so often, it is really easy for me at this point to know what to do and how.

I am glad to have a set of psychological tools to help me conquer such behavioral blocks!