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Originally posted by MarkTiarra
Good description.
From what I understand it's the accumulation of alot of "what if" type thinking and it doesn't often hit while you're having the thoughts but when you are finally unwinding. It's like putting worries in the psychic bank and all the sudden they all manifest in symptoms at no logical time. So you have to switch your thinking patterns from bad what ifs to good what ifs, etc... the majority of your thoughts being focused on the "positive" will fill the bank upwith different material and eventually the attacks just go away. That's an over-simplification but it's the basic gist of what my mom did and then taught all these other people to do.
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Good post...and pretty accurate. I do tend to lean towards more negative 'what ifs' for sure....like 'what if I was in a car accident' or 'what if my kids were killed' or ....you get the picture. I do tend to dwell over 'possible' negative personal issues, and also global issues. And with the media choosing the most gruesome of stories to show, it makes it even harder. So, alot of the time I opt to not read/watch the news...and the 'bigger' stories I usually see posted on message boards anyway. ;)
I knew that 'positive thinking' was the way to go....but I didn't even THINK of using positive 'what ifs' in place of the negative ones. That's an excellent suggestion. I'm gonna use that.
