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Stuck in a thought groove

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How do I get out?

I've been here time and time again.  The groove gets deeper which makes it harder to change track. All I need to do is change track.

I do things to distract myself. That helps temporarily but then I fall back in to thinking about it.

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  • I would like to know the answer to this too... the more you try to stop thinking about it the more the thoughts come up. I have also tried distraction (with limited success- audiobooks can help sometimes but I can now just shut out the audiobook and focus on my thoughts instead...) and tried meditation (visualising a place where I felt calm and happy- only recently tried this so not sure if it is effective). 

  • in reply to Ann :)

    It's the whole "don't think about elephants!" scenario isn't it. A lot of the time I don't even realise I'm thinking about said thoughts.

    Mindfulness does help...it accumulates and builds. I've just been so heightened lately it's been really difficult.

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