British soldier ‘Polar Preet’ reveals Disney character helped her break Antarctica ski record
British soldier 'Polar Preet' describes becoming fastest woman to ski alone across AntarcticaBBC Breakfast
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00:00 It's almost a bit like a mental prison sometimes and I used to struggle to get out of that
00:04 and I just concentrate on taking one step at a time, sometimes even having Dory from Finding
00:09 Nemo in my head saying just keep going and you sometimes I count so when I find it hard I'll put
00:14 I'll count to 100 and I'll just keep counting and I'll do that repetitively. To block out other
00:20 thoughts. Yeah it's other thoughts it's not so I think I try to focus on what you can control so
00:24 you can't control the weather I can't control but I can try and focus on you know right what can I
00:30 focus on what can I control. Sometimes mentally it's really difficult because it's a struggle I
00:36 think your darkest deepest thoughts come to you when you don't want them to and you can't distract
00:40 yourself I can't you know do something different watch Netflix call a friend so yeah it is to
00:45 distract myself and I've tried really hard this year to last year as well to just to work on that
00:51 like these deepest darkest thoughts how do I get away from that and part for me was frustration
00:57 and anger towards people who I felt made it harder for me to get there put boundaries in the way and
01:04 that I found very difficult to get away from and this is probably the best I felt but I started
01:10 speaking to somebody professionally earlier last year and I'm really glad I did it really helped
01:15 and it's hard it's hard to do that it's hard to be uncomfortable in those moments but I've
01:22 started to feel a little bit of comfort within that and comfort.