If you are someone wanting to reduce the amount of anxious, intrusive thoughts you are dealing with, then listen to this. In this episode, I’ll cover the only 9 ways I have found that you can handle them.
Welcome to Mental Health Mastery where we talk about how to dramatically reduce anxiety and depression, how to move past a lifestyle of just "coping" with bad mental health, and how to have lasting, daily peace of mind. I share the many lessons learned by going from suicidal to depression and anxiety free in my own life and what I've learned helping over 400 clients reclaim control of their own mental health. We believe you deserve to have great mental health, and we're excited to help you learn how to have it. Hosted by Ty Hicks.
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00:00 Intro
02:31 You can be scared of your intrusive thought
04:39 You can try to avoid your intrusive thoughts through distraction
05:49 You can get angry that it is coming up and you can stick to a story of should
06:23 You ou can let the intrusive thought come and go without adding any energy to it
08:46 You can use a scrambling process
10:26 You can challenge the truth of the intrusive thinking
11:48 Replace an intrusive thought with conditioning a new incantation
12:51 You need to do a values clarification
15:33 You can adjust or remove your rules