11/2/2022 0 Comments Stuck thinking rock brain![]() ![]() #STUCK THINKING ROCK BRAIN HOW TO#How to beat Rock-Brain? Step back, explore options, have an open mind and willingness to modify the picture you have in your head of how you thought things should go. Having general expectations about situations can keep us grounded but being too attached to fixed outcomes causes stress! ![]() Peace comes with accepting this moment for everything it has to show us.ġ.) Inflexible thinking (Rock-Brain) -most of us have an idea of the outcomes we would like to have in situations, whether that is leaving the house at a certain time in the morning, having ideas about how our partners should respond in a conflict, or belief that our way of doing things is the ONLY way. The good news? Once we recognize the thinking traps we are stuck in, we can challenge the beliefs that keep us there, using mindfulness and acceptance. Stress is perpetuated by getting stuck in some common faulty thinking traps. Thinking this moment should be a certain way, some arbitrary idea we have come up with that will meet the needs of how our egos believe things “should” be. Let that sink in a minute….How can this idea be applied to the stress in your own life? Far too often we are stuck in patterns of spending too much time thinking about what could happen in the future (where we can’t control anything) or what did happen in the past (where we also no longer have control over anything.)Ĭhronic stress is truly a thinking problem. That may be helpful when we need to react fast to save our life or someone else’s, but not so helpful when it’s chronic and unmanaged in our day-to-day.Īlmost all stress is caused by wanting this moment to be something it’s not. In short, stress is our body and mind’s reactions to a threatening situation which causes physical and psychological symptoms. I have had a mind shift that I think may be helpful for you too if you are dealing with chronic stress. Obviously, I needed to take some time and do a little work of my own and in doing so, I have identified some faulty ways of thinking that are causing me (and many clients I work with) stress. I am teaching skills, empathizing and relating all day long and at times, feeling like a fraud as I struggle to manage my own stress. I believe that all the life experiences I have had make me a better therapist, and I am continually trying to make meaning out of hardships that we all endure, but to be honest, it has been hard lately. I have been thinking a lot about stress lately as I have experienced some life changes over the past several months that have left me feeling overwhelmed and depleted. The stress that really gets us down is usually more long-term, chronic stress related to our jobs, finances, or relationships among other things. ![]() There are manageable moments of stress that can be good for us and lead to action or problem solving, but that’s not the stress I’m talking about. Stress is an all too common part of our lives and cannot completely be avoided. ![]() Stress! I feel it, I know you feel it, and it sucks the life out of us. ![]()
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