 |
| FAQ/Help |
| Calendar |
| Search |
|
#1
Dec 12, 2015, 02:24 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Losing control of your thoughts and they start to race is a scary experience. We often use our thoughts to anchor us in reality and when we lose control of them we have lost our anchor.
When we undergo a fearful experience we use our inner chatter to try and keep us calm. We fear we will act on impulsive thoughts, so staying in control of our body and thoughts makes us feel safe. The racing thoughts will go after a while if you let them do their thing, if not seek professional medical help. |
 Skeezyks
|
|
#2
Dec 15, 2015, 08:48 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I strive to allow whatever thoughts arise to come & go as they will... with compassion...
__________________
"I may be older but I am not wise / I'm still a child's grown-up disguise / and I never can tell you what you want to know / You will find out as you go." (from: "A Nightengale's Lullaby" - Julie Last) |
|
#3
Dec 15, 2015, 10:12 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
sometimes blocking them is required
|
 Skeezyks
|
|
#4
Jan 22, 2016, 08:49 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Some of the more violent or disruptive insults have to be restrained. Fighting them can be extremely difficult sometimes, especially when your convinced that your inner voices are acting in your best interests.
|
|
#5
Jan 22, 2016, 10:33 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
When I was in episode back in September, I had created this concept to combat racing thoughts. It was the concept of focusing on the number one and the idea of one.
Now at my level of stability , I can say this concept no longer speaks to me in the way it did back then. However, the idea of one/1 spoke so much to me. Just repeating over the word one in my head, and counting to one in my head. The struggle was realizing that to say that one meant one, one thing, and of course my thoughts were racing "well a thing is made up of atoms, which would be more than one atom". Again I snapped back to the idea of one, one is one. I didn't bother for any other number but one, it was as if all I could learn was the number one. I kept saying to myself all that matters is the 'one', and the thoughts would keep telling me "surely there is more than one" like some devil trying to tempt me. Here's a dialogue, Quote:
I stuck to it, no matter how crazy it got. Till eventually I landed in the psyche ward all safe and sound!
__________________
My words are Aramaic to your Chinese. |
| Reply |
This is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.|
|
My Support Forums is the online community that was originally begun as the Psych Central Forums in 2001. It now runs as an independent self-help support group community for mental health, personality, and psychological issues and is overseen by a group of dedicated, caring volunteers from around the world.
Linear Mode
