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ruminating
how do you stop ruminating on a thought? it keeps intruding back into my head. and I can’t feel relaxed
how do you stop ruminating on a thought? it keeps intruding back into my head. and I can’t feel relaxed
I write down my intrusive thoughts when they get really bad. When I write them down, I affirm myself with positive remarks or evidence against my intrusive thought: "I am having disturbing intrusive thoughts about my boyfriend with another woman. These are just thoughts. I am safe and valued." And then I try to journal and explore why I might be having these intrusive thoughts. I find that they often come about because of a trigger.
I have this same problem, I find the line between "ignoring" and "letting the thought come and go" is very hard for me when I feel like no matter what I do my thoughts are triggered
This is me everyday thoughts just trigger me the moment I open my eyes in the miring
Same here, I have existential ocd and feel like nothing around me is real, and I always wake up sick to my stomach and it's the worst 😭
@Jay🫶🏽 Same here. Every morning I need very long to start my day because of the thoughts starting from the moment I wake.
@Anonymous I know the sick to your stomach feeling in the morning. It's terrible. The images are killing me!
@Jay🫶🏽 Me too. It’s exhausting
How To Stop Rumination Video: https://youtu.be/CkcspsmLh9k?feature=shared
@Nica I just watched this and I love it. Thank you so much for sharing
I’ve found that rationalizing with my thoughts only give temporary relief. Then they come right back. It helps me when I acknowledge the thoughts are there and do not engage. For example, mine right now are of my husband with another woman. When my mind paints that picture and wants me to dive into it I will say “mmm don’t like that, no thanks”. And kinda try to giggle about it. Sometimes I’ll just say “I see you, f*** you, no thanks” Kinda vulgar I guess but the thoughts make me so mad 😂
When you want to ruminate you instead say maybe, maybe not or just agree with the thought or thoughts like totally ,non engagement responses
you need to start looking at youtube more to watch funny videos like Adam Rose he cheers me up.
I'm having the hardest time right now with my own ruminating negative thoughts that may or may not possibly come true. I fear the worst and replay what that looks like in my head over and over. The best I can do is my best and wait for the horror to end. I want to cry, but can't. I'm scared and alone in my head. My anxiety is extreme. What should I do in the meantime while I'm going through this? How can I minimize or stop the way I'm feeling? Please, I need help.
Advice needed please: Has anybody ever been in a situation where something traumatic or heartbreaking was happening in their life and struggled with rumination? I know there is like a normal amount that you should process something and cry it out but I don’t know that it is conducive to anything to do that on and off for hours? Wouldn’t it at a certain point be considered unhelpful rumination? And if so how does one stop? Because I’m going through something so hurtful and confusing that I don’t know how to stop thinking about it and the usual distractions don’t work for very long. And idk how important this is but it just happened today so it’s very fresh which makes it even harder to not think about and “figure out” why x, y, z happened. Goodness, I’m sorry if I’m weird or a baby
Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?
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