“There’s Nothing in this World More Trapping Than One’s Own Mind”

Some days I’m able to say what I need in just a few short paragraphs….

As you all know I am an avid reader. I love books and the worlds they take me to. But I most especially love when a writer crafts a line that stops me in my tracks at how profound (to me at least) that line is. So much so that I will write it down to ponder over and over again.Today I found another quote to add to my ever-expanding list. Recently I picked up the book Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson and started reading it. To set the scene, the protagonist was in the midst of a full-on panic attack – the kind that makes you think you’re dying (thankfully I’ve never had an anxiety attack turn into a panic attack 😮‍💨). She eyes a clock in the room praying that it won’t be a prolonged attack. And then the line that made me stop – 

“There’s nothing in this world more trapping than one’s mind.”

Alice Grey, Mister Tender’s Girl

The truth in that line really struck me. It put into words the challenge I face regularly within my own brain. And although my brain maybe broken – it will still hold me hostage when the dark thoughts are louder than the sunny one’s.  It was a validation that I’m not the only one who’s mind can trap me in my thoughts and anxieties.

I share this quote My Lovelies so you know that you are most definitely not alone in your own struggles 💜.

Side note: 70 pages in and I am enjoying the book if you are looking for something to read 😊.