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Uncertainty, Stress, Rumination and Obsession.

NAS81441

How do you cope with this, when it occurs? 

When things change suddenly or I just feel not quite right or I've had a lack of sleep, obsessing over certain things and unable to become unstuck in that moment, this can last any period of time, usually. 

I realise now, that this is a large trigger or warning sign of things are about to go badly or make obsession and repititon worse. 

I had an episode of this, this morning from a racing mind before bed, being unable to sleep and getting a few hours and then waking up dazed and dizzy. This lasted approx 2/3 hours of waves of emotions, then obsessing over past issues.  

Just wondered people's strategies on becoming unstuck in these thought patterns. I'm new to this and only just been diagnosed last week as an adult.

Previously I just accepted this as being a minor problem I could remove from my life with rigid routine and comforts. It's obvious now there's maybe a deeper issue I need to resolve.

  • Agree with everyone else distractions are a good way to go to distract your brain and give it something else to think about. I use lots and when it comes to night and sleep I'll usually listen to something like a song or some audiobook. Just having something there to go to can be a big help.

  • Distraction is a good one. When that doesn't happen tell myself "it's the AS and this thought is like all the others I have...it's just a thought...it's the internal noise". Mindfulness helps too but I think you have to do it everyday or very regularly.  I've found my mind calmer when ive done it for periods of a time. If it's change I tell myself "it's ok i understand wgats happening, its not what was expected, it's the AS I just need time to adjust". I think chipping away with these techniques helps a bit but isn't a miracle cure. At night a podcast helps or whenever the mind wanders to focus on breathing. I find puzzles help as a good distraction. 

  • Do you have any intense interests you could use as a distraction to try and break these thought patterns?

    That's a strategy which I use. It's obviously a lot more difficult during the night when you are trying to get to sleep. If that happens I usually get up again, switch my computer on and try and get absorbed in something until I start to feel more ready for sleep.