Anonymous
- Date posted
- 1y
Restaurant
Going to a restaurant for this tasting. My friend is late and we need to walk. The tickets were free so it doesn’t totally matter. I’m having a lot of catastrophizing thoughts.
Kaitlyn🌸Kaitlyn🌸
- Date posted
- 1y
Ah man, that sounds really disappointing about the restaurant, I’m sorry you experienced that. Sometimes my thoughts ramp up and get really intense. It makes me think, “whoa, how did I get here? Just a while ago I was fine. This seems like such a small thing but now it’s gotten bigger.” I don’t really know yet how I should deal with that best. But I do know, that my thoughts have less power when I don’t push them away. I saw this cool video of guy sharing a visualization technique for OCD and it’s been helping me a lot. I picture a party! With decorations and music and food and all sorts of things I like. And then my thoughts come and they try to crash the party. And they expect me to say, “nooooo, get out! You’re not welcome here!” But instead, I put a party hat on them and say, “hey thoughts! Welcome to the party. Make yourself comfortable, mingle!” And they thoughts are so shocked that they’re like, “wh- wh- what?!” Anyways 😅, I’m kinda rambling, but you get the point.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 1y
Went and my coworker was there with her boyfriend and a couple friend of theirs. I feel weird about did me and my friend crash their group hang because they invited us to sit with them but it is what it is. I’m went and stayed despite feeling a lot of discomfort.
scotty2hottyscotty2hotty
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- 1y
Because you are tuned into them. Try and tune them out. The more tuned in you are, the more the thoughts will attack your mind. Remember, you are the one that's real. Not them
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