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I try to remember the saying "whatever you resist persists". The letting go thing is such a challenge. What does it mean to let go? I don't think it is a one size fits all. I personally have tried many things until I found the way that works for me today. This has changed over time. Meditation, mindfulness, prayer, symbolic letting go like writing things down and burning them, using a "God Box", clean something or reaching out to help someone else are a few of the methods I find helpful. I think about the relax analogy, when falling from something like a bike or going into a car crash experts say to realize it is happening, and relax for impact. The relaxation is what helps prevent more serious injury. It feels counter intuitive and it is even automatic for us to brace ourselves. Often the least harmed party in a drunk driving accident is the person who is drunk because they are relaxed upon impact. Not my favorite analogy but to make the point that has been said earlier, relax and let go. Stop fighting. Perfectionism and over "doing" recovery is resistance in TMS. Remember the mantras/mottoes "it is good enough" and " I am good enough". It is in living in the enough that we will find healing.