It definitely is a hard habit to break, that's for sure. However, you've got the right attitude! Work at it, and don't give up. You can do whatever you put your mind to, so try to stay positive and focused, and you will succeed!
Please keep us posted on how you thought stopping goes
STOP,STOP,STOP, Nope sorry no luck! I worry about every thing saying Stop just dosent do it for me I worry about the smallest things so much I get sick feeling ! But I'll work on it Breanne , But it is a hard habit to break!
There are a number of CBT techniques that are commonly used
to help people challenge worry including: thought records, thought stopping,
worry time, challenging the value of worry, problem solving, experiments to
increase intolerance of uncertainty and cognitive exposure. Let’s take a look
at them one at a time:
Thought Stopping: Thought stopping is a technique that can
be used to stop worry when it occurs.
For example, many people who work Monday to Friday start to
worry about work (and all of their other problems) on…Sunday night. One worry
seems to spiral out of control into worrying about everything. At such a time
worrying typically doesn’t help people solve any problems. It just leads to a
bad night’s sleep. At times when your worry seems like it is spinning out of
control, you can try to use thought stopping to shock yourself out of the
process. The basic idea is to startle yourself, so that you get out of the
“worry loop” in your head. There are many different ways t do it but the basic
idea is to imagine a big “Stop” sign in your mind and yell “Stop!” three times
(If it is late at night or there are other people around, you may need to yell
into your pillow or just imagine yelling the word). Believe it or not, some
people this technique to be extremely helpful. Don’t knock it until you try it. Does this strategy work for you?
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