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Originally Posted by Innerzone
I've got it nowhere near under control, but one thing that can help is questioning and even just recognizing those. Stepping back in quiet moments and trying to look at it from the outside. Cool detached observation. What someone would say if THEY heard it. How irrational it is. Then letting it go. Even if it is just for that moment.
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Thanks for this. It is what I do, lots of observation and watching thoughts from a distance, still an ongoing practice. Journaling helps some when it just gets overwhelming, I can then literally see the thoughts and either see that they are irrational or use the journal to CBT them. I'd hoped there was some quick trick, but thats never the way!