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Originally Posted by basicgoodness
I am ruminating again. Endlessly chewing on the same negative thoughts about myself and my life situation. How do you stop? It is driving me insane. It is the highway to hell. I've spent far too much time over the last eight years doing this to myself. I realized today the tragedy is not so much the situation I've gotten myself into as my reaction to it. The hamster wheel in my head.
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hi basic ,
have you tried doing the STOP technique ? you say the word STOP out loud and take three deep breaths in and three breaths out . my therapist taught me this one in counseling and also doing some rebt ( Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy) .
Diagnosis: Anxiety and depression
meds: Cymbalta 60 mgs at night
Vistrail 2 25 mgs daily for anxiety prn
50 mgs at night for insomnia with an additional 25 mgs=75 mgs when up past 1:00 in the morning