Hey Helena! I recently went through a phase like this and I was replaying conversations because I was avoiding my feelings and that's what is going through your mind too. I can give you quick and easy tips like relax your jaw and look upwards with your eyes when your mind gets too loud but the real long term solution is your brain is on …
Hey Helena! I recently went through a phase like this and I was replaying conversations because I was avoiding my feelings and that's what is going through your mind too. I can give you quick and easy tips like relax your jaw and look upwards with your eyes when your mind gets too loud but the real long term solution is your brain is on overdrive because it's trying to think itself out of it's emotions and it just doesn't work like that. Especially if you are worrying, the emotion you are likely avoiding is fear so when you get lost in your head I want you to focus on your breathe and return to your body. Follow your breathe into your body, notice it coming in and follow your breathe out and then find where the emotion sits and let yourself feel the fear. Your brain might get loud again but remember that is just a distraction. You are scared to feel your feelings and that's OK because sometimes feeling your feelings can hurt but they just get bigger if you avoid them. Everytime a hypothetical conversation comes into your head, return to your breathing and focus in on your body and that might mean pausing what you are doing to take a moment to feel but realistically you aren't focusing on what you are doing anyway if you are overthinking. Asking yourself questions like 'what is this emotion really about?', 'what is sitting underneath this thought?' 'what am I avoiding feeling right now' can help you pinpoint it. Hope that helps! M xx
Hey Helena! I recently went through a phase like this and I was replaying conversations because I was avoiding my feelings and that's what is going through your mind too. I can give you quick and easy tips like relax your jaw and look upwards with your eyes when your mind gets too loud but the real long term solution is your brain is on overdrive because it's trying to think itself out of it's emotions and it just doesn't work like that. Especially if you are worrying, the emotion you are likely avoiding is fear so when you get lost in your head I want you to focus on your breathe and return to your body. Follow your breathe into your body, notice it coming in and follow your breathe out and then find where the emotion sits and let yourself feel the fear. Your brain might get loud again but remember that is just a distraction. You are scared to feel your feelings and that's OK because sometimes feeling your feelings can hurt but they just get bigger if you avoid them. Everytime a hypothetical conversation comes into your head, return to your breathing and focus in on your body and that might mean pausing what you are doing to take a moment to feel but realistically you aren't focusing on what you are doing anyway if you are overthinking. Asking yourself questions like 'what is this emotion really about?', 'what is sitting underneath this thought?' 'what am I avoiding feeling right now' can help you pinpoint it. Hope that helps! M xx