When we imagine future stress we bring it into our present moment and what we imagine the body responds to. And we can start having uncomfortable thoughts about something happening again and worry about how we will cope.īut it’s not happening right now and that is the key to peace.
It’s common for the mind to go back over stressful situations, but it will often then throw them out into the future. You could also use EFT Tapping to feel more settled.Īgain, practising being in the moment will help. You could try Bach Flowers Rescue Remedy (available from Nelsons and Amazon) for any remaining shock in your system. It might have ultimately been good, but it can also take a while for us to settle afterwards. It’s natural to feel unsettled after a medical intervention. How can I treat it as a good experience rather than focus on my phobia side haunting memories? The more you can fill your mind with good thoughts and avoid disturbing it with drama, intense movies, the news etc the more settled it will be. The mind is very sensitive and easily disturbed. Do you know why our brains override good thoughts with extremely bad ones? Keep practicing breathing, or grounding techniques, every day, even if its just five minutes a couple of times a day. Use as many of your senses as you can to notice sounds, smells, tastes, textures.Īs we mentioned last week, it's important to stick at it and be patient with yourself. See how much you can pay attention to your breath, to what you feel with your hands, to what you hear. You can also practice when cooking, eating, walking, exercising. Present moment awareness can really help calm the mind and help it rest, rather than being engaged in either the past or the future. To be connected with your breath and to accept that you may have uncomfortable thoughts, but that they are just thoughts and to practice letting them drift through your mind without engagement. It means being willing to exist more fully in the present moment. Right now I am alive, I am here, and I am OK. They key is to practice with simple things you are certain of.
The Measured Breath for Easing Anxious Thoughts and The Bumble Bee Breath for Calming Anxiety are two good exercises to try from our Breathe collection available from Amazon and the iTunes music store. There are simple techniques you can learn and apply that can help you be present and OK in the moment.įor example: grounding techniques, or guided breathing practices. The mind likes to time travel - it will go back to past traumas, or travel into the future with “what if” type thoughts. Practice looking for evidence that you are OK right now.
How can I treat it as a good experience rather than focus on my phobia side haunting memories?" How can I nip these thoughts in the bud and tell myself I am okay? I ended up in hospital for an evening leading to IV anti-biotics and although it helped me. I don’t need surgery etc etc.ĭo you know why our brains override good thoughts with extremely bad ones? E.g phobias? Often my phobia (illness) is due to a current phobia of needles. How can I nip these thoughts in the bud and tell myself I am okay? I’m not dying. My thoughts of calming myself down are non existent. "As soon as I think of something wrong, my thoughts get out of control and the anxiety overrides everything. In this week's podcast we're responding to a question about anxiety and why the mind gets stuck on bad thoughts:
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