Last night I completed my 48 hour fast. So, how do I feel? Just before breaking my fast, I did not feel hungry but when I started eating, I could not get enough food into my belly quick enough. I couldn’t get satisfied until I was feeling close to full. I thought it may have been easier just to keep fasting but shortly I felt better. I then went for a walk and I felt unusually unstressed. I had a strange sensation where I kind of felt like I was walking in mud. Every step that I took was very relaxing and my muscles felt painless. This morning I was stuck in traffic but it did not seem to bother me. I suppose my body was wondering what is the fuss with all of this stress I have been experiencing recently. Everything seems fine now. Everything was fine before but maybe it is just even better now.
It is time for me to reflect.
In narrative therapy we can use therapeutic writing as a way to reflect. A therapist may write a letter to a client or even a client can use writing to express how they feel. I think that my blogs are my form of personal therapeutic writing. Something that I could take from my fasting experience is that it is one way that I have sacrificed food to improve my health. I wish I did it earlier. If I feel this good on the outside, I wonder how much it has helped me on the inside. I hope it lasts, but if it doesn’t, I can always do it again.
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