cbt
- If negative thoughts gain traction, they escalate
- If the don’t, if I can shrug it off, the following thoughts are minimal (can disengage)
- More risilient
It’s natural and human that I have some anxieties and worries
- Expecting to not have those thoughts and worries = relatively high expectation
- It’s not that they don’t need to be there,m its that I dont need to engage with them
- Thoughts are catastrophic/apocalyptic, but they don’t need to be that extreme
Anxiety: Threat perceived > Takes you to the worst case scenario, becuase you need to respond
- Send a message badck: This threat isn’t quite as bad as that
- I need to recognise: That is distorted by my anxiety, I dont need to engage because, essentially, its not telling me the truth
- Brain is looking for something to pin it on – there’s no obvvious bear (tiger) to pin it out
- It will pick up on actually insignificant worries
- “if im this worried, it must be a problem”
- Step ack from all that, rewconigse whats going on here
Can we question this?
- Recognise:L There’s a whole extra level where anxiety is
Of course its going to be explosive
- outburst is expected!
Allowing myself to be me
- Maybe it will take some time
- I have to learn as I go
My strategy so far = thinking it until oblivion
- A lot of resources have to go into that: time, energy
- Steppin gaway, doing it differently, let it go… its a differet strategy
- But I canb feel more comfortable
If i stop trying to figure it out… then I’ll know it.
- Easier to say, disengage with thouse thoughts
- The journey is figuring out how to do that