Law of Attraction & Anxiety/Intrustive Thoughts

lunainsummerland:

 I thought it was about time that I made a post about this, since anxiety and unwanted thoughts and worrying about what my thoughts were attracting has always been a problem for me. Let me very quickly explain what the law of attraction is, basically its the thought that what you spend a lot of time and energy thinking about will manifest. For people with anxiety and/or intrusive thoughts, this concept can be pontentially scary, especially in the middle of a bad night or a anxiety attack. 

  I have several phobias (including socializing in certain settings and driving) and for years during panic attacks, I was afraid that I would manifest what I was thinking about without even consenting to what I was manifesting, however I want to assure you after years of worrying about this, this isn’t how manifestation works. I don’t really know why I have intrusive thoughts, but some nights, the worst things I’ve ever heard happen to people won’t get out of my head, as much as I’d prefer to sleep peacefully. Disgusting thoughts about historical and fictional atrocities bar me from relaxing, and I beg the universe to not manifest these horrible thoughts. Again, this isn’t how manifestation works. If you could manifest things by accident, you’d probably have worse problems to worry about than what you’re feeling in your panic attacks. 

  Manifestation takes repetitive, conscious effort. Think logically about this for a minute. If accidential manifestion was a thing, imagine how many demented clowns would literally be hiding in sewers, or how many resurrected dinosaurs would be devastating the world. Those things don’t happen on this plane, despite being common fears and fascinations of young children everywhere. As weird and slightly disorienting as thinking about this sounds, take it as assurance that what you’re thinking and feeling in the midst of a panic attack is NOT what you are bringing into your life. 

  For better or worse, manifestation takes work. The law of attraction doesn’t work for people who aren’t consciously devoted to it. This plane is very dense on a molecular level, compared to most other planes, which means that thoughts alone cannot produce three-dimensional objects, nor can they produce real situations. If everyone manifested their desires, no one would be seriously suffering and everyone would either be rich, famous or gorgeous, or all three. Unfortunately, this means that the law of attraction works in weird ways and doesn’t really care about the intentions of people who take advantage of it, this means that corrupt people become the wealthy elite, untalented, unworthy people become the most famous, and people who are outwardly gorgeous can be cold and cruel on the inside. However, the mysterious ways in which the law of attraction works in provides a barrier so that humanity’s unstable, more emotional-based mind isn’t randomly creating chaos whenever people are struggling. Your mental illness is not willing the law of attraction to manifest itself in baneful ways.

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