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Originally Posted by daladico
Thanks so much you all. Super helpful points. I appreciate it!
I think I’m going to focus on zoning into music more through the irritability.
I’ve also realized that with the intense irritability, I get angry with myself, which makes the irritability worse. I’m going to try to refocus my thoughts to “the irritability isn’t YOU, it’s a symptom of your disorder. It is not your fault. It is temporary.”
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Perhaps in the same spirit... You can observe it with curiosity. You can step outside of the 'this is happening to me' perspective and just watch and feel to see what happens. So... You might notice your jaw clench. You might notice your fists are tight. You might notice you are angry. You might notice the same thought repeating.
You can watch it all and see it as interesting. You can view it with a sense of detachment the way a scientist would while observing a subject.
Looking at what is occuring this way helps you to shift the thought/feeling patterns. It can be hard to do, but it is the difference between a person watching a movie and being the actor on stage.