HELP! I Keep Getting Stuck In My Head! (Recovery Monday #56)
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Published 2022-12-19
Many people want suggestions and tips for how to not focus inward or wind up in their own heads all the time. Always remember one thing:
We can choose to think about something. We can't choose to NOT think about something. Your goal is not to stop thinking certain things, but to practice "gentle correction" when you notice that you're up in your head again.
Let's talk about that on episode 56 of Recovery Monday.
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All Comments (17)
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Love the moon analogy, no amount of thinking, worrying, scanning etc is going to stop you going mad and neither will it drive you mad. If it did psychiatrists jobs would get much easier they could say to very poorly patients ‘all you need to do is keep worrying and scanning and thinking’ then you won’t go mad! The answer is go mad, let go, go rip snorting, jack nicholson in the shining, totally do lally insane - oh and then, you see you don’t. Being on guard about going mad by worrying about it is as useful as a handbrake on a canoe! Just let it happen to see that it doesn’t.
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I’m 40 and have only realised most people have it backwards you must do the thing to get the confidence you don’t get the confidence and then do the thing. Be prepared to be uncomfortable if you want to recover
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A thought is just a thought until you give it power,
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Great video very helpful thank you!
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My special thought is “I’m wasting life away. I’m not doing enough. Am I making enough anxiety progress to do more”. My it’s the worse symptom alternates between GI issues & panic attacks.
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Thanks❤
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Love your work,so helpful
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You’re videos and podcasts are saving lives!
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VERY good tips etc thank you!!!
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Like the person who constantly feared having a fatal heart attack. And they feared it and feared it and feared it...and every time the feared it every single time it the fatal heart attack didn't happen
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Ive had stuck song for 2 years now ..i try not to think about it or pay it attention..morning time is worst .i have been on meds and see therapy
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I had a meal..I felt sleepy..but my mind was like : you have low pressure..please check it..check it..check it..I didn't listen to it..I ended up napping for 2 hours ..man it's so annoying 🙄
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how do you go about the feeling of not getting enough air aka hyperventilation, i feel like my anxiety makes me feel like there is a balloon in my stomach and when i want to go for a walk trying to get out of the house sometimes i feel like i can't breath and that's realy scary. do you have any tips on that
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this video works in a way because dispite the fact you are talk about being stuck in your head for 46 mins its works because all this time i'm focused on you talking about being stuck in your head it's making me more focused on you which is distracting what is actually going on in my head so i'm not think more about what is actually in my head you are distracting for 46 mins which eventually slowly getting out what is actually troubling my brain it's hard to explain what i'm trying to say if you understand what i'm saying.
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Is it also important to not react in fear or feel scared of a thought to be able to recover?
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My fear can be 'what if I am very slowly fading into dementia' what can I do about that thought please?
