Stop believing in
what you keep telling yourself --
Stop your suffering!
Geloof niet langer	Hör auf zu glauben,
in wat je jezelf wijsmaakt --	was du dich selbst einredest --
Houd op met lijden!	Hör auf zu leiden!

Poem S1926
Amsterdam, 2023-09-19
He who fears suffering already suffers because of what he fears (Michel de Montaigne) - 1595
> Michel de Montaigne (Bordeaux 1533-1592) wrote in his "Essais" (book 3, 13 - AD 1595): "Qui craint de souffrir, il souffre déjà de ce qu'il craint"
> Rhyme: "Too often we suffer most sorely / and thereby feel most poorly / from dreaded aches and pains"
> Dutch saying: "Een mens lijdt het meest door het lijden dat hij vreest" ("Man suffers most from the suffering he fears")
> Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk quotes in his book "The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma" (2014) Elvin Semrad's statement: "The greatest sources of suffering are the lies we tell ourselves"
Collection: Held True
Keyword: Reason: ignore 
Tribute to: De Montaigne, Michel; Van Der Kolk, Bessel