"Don't trust your feelings!"

This topic is so valuable personally, when I need to bring my life back in "Order".
Just like you, I get overwhelmed. Mine may not be Organization, BUT I have many other things that "get to me"!
I recall one particular episode, back in May of 09...I was walking around the block, almost in panic attack about the economy, and my finances. You see I went outside because I was "feeling" claustrophobic. I had not had an appointment in over 6 days, and to preserve gasoline, I stayed home this whole time. If you are a "do'er" you understand that sitting at home, on a weekday, is very frustrating, and upsetting! Your mind starts to panic,, and you begin to imagine the worst possible scenarios about your future. After 3 days of this...I was "beside" myself!

During that season of my life, I did not know how I was going to survive the next WEEK, much less the next DAY!
Have you experienced such a day??

Here's the key that changed my life(in addition to LOTS of prayer)that even though I "FELT" like giving up, to overwhelmed to even see hope or possibility, I knew that "feelings" are just that, feelings. They are NOT fact, or reality, only our perception of it.

I urge you, at that moment, regardless of all the thoughts trying to bombard your mind, make one decision, say to yourself "Feelings are NOT truth, or fact"! This WILL bring your mind to back to Order, over time. With that, remember back, at various moments in your life, how fast you have gone from "Happiness to Sadness", "Excitement to Disappointment.." Apply this knowledge to your current scenario, and realize just as fast as panic can come, it can dissiminate, if you are just patient!

The moral of this story ~ I am still here, 8 months later! I survived! I made it thru. It seemed like an impossibility then!
On top of that, I have experienced so many miracles since that time. I know if I had not experienced that, I would not appreciate all the gifts I have been blessed with.

Don't give up. There is ALWAYS hope my friend:)