Tag: Obsessive thoughts
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Intrusive Thoughts
Intrusive thoughts may be scary, upsetting, and distressing and your natural inclination may be to try to talk back to them or to prove that they aren’t rational in order to get relief. If you’ve found this article, I’m guessing that approach probably hasn’t worked very well. Deb Dan’s phrase, “story follows state,” can help…
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“Yes And-ing” Obsessive Thoughts
If you ever were to observe me working with a baby, you’d hear and see at least one hundred variations on a certain theme. With my hands and my words, I will communicate to each baby ideas like, “Good idea toes, let’s curl! I can even help you with that!” And then after a while,…