- Have you ever been in the middle of a conversation and immediately started replaying what you just said while the other person is still talking? Or spent days after a conversation analysing every word?
- In this video, I cover:
- - Why your brain replays conversations (both during and after them)
- - The neurological mechanism behind this "double conversation" phenomenon
- - Three core beliefs that maintain the rumination cycle
- - The exact techniques I use with clients to stop processing during conversations (Exofocus)
- - How to break the post-event rumination pattern with the schedule-and-delay approach
- - Real client examples and results
- I've been running Anxiety Specialists for 12 years and have helped thousands of people work through their anxiety. This processing - both during conversations and after them - is something nearly every person with social anxiety struggles with. Most of my clients see significant improvement within just 2-3 weeks of applying these principles.
- TIMESTAMPS:
- 0:00 - Introduction: The Double Conversation Problem
- 1:15 - The Mechanism: Why Your Brain Does This
- 3:20 - The Three Core Beliefs That Maintain Processing
- 5:45 - During-Conversation Fix: Notice, Exofocus, Reset
- 7:30 - Post-Event Rumination: Label, Schedule, Evidence Check
- 9:15 - Building Tolerance for Uncertainty
- 10:45 - Summary and Next Steps
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