A 3 Step Plan To Stop Obsessive Thoughts And Panic
Posted on August 10th, 2010 by admin
Almoat all of your anxiety is caused by the obsessive thoughts you experience. Whenever you’ve had anxiety in the past, it started with an obsessive thought, guaranteed. And then it gained momentum and went on to become the anxiety-related problem you experienced or the panic attack you had.
Just in case you’re thinking that you’re the exception to this theory, let me encourage you to give this theory a chance by beginning to pay close attention to exactly what’s on your mind in the moments before your anxiety gets out of hand.
I think you’ll be shocked to learn that obsessive thoughts are at the centre of your panic and anxiety. The reason I’m so sure about this is because I’ve interacted with literally hundreds of people who are in exactly your position, plus I also experienced these same problems for myself for almost 2 decades.
Unfortunately, when you have an anxiety disorder, it’s impossible to drop a thought automatically like most other people can. So the solution to this problem is finding ways to consciously drop a thought before it becomes harmful – before it becomes OBSESSIVE.
I have a 3 step plan you can start using right now to prevent all your obsessive thoughts:
Step One is to retrain your brain, ASAP. You need to get it to a place where it can spot a negative or potentially damaging thought the moment that it starts. This includes thoughts that start out very small and seem to be no problem at all. These small thoughts can grow into big ones that cause serious problems, so these need to be treated just as the obviously terrible thoughts are treated.
Second Step: You need to become exactly like people with no anxiety problems. For them, it’s easy to stop a bad thought anytime they want to. For you, it takes a bit more work. The only way to stop one thought is by having another thought, so to stop the damaging thoughts you simply need to have a new thought that takes its place. You might be asking what you should be thinking. The answer is simple: think of whatever it takes to stop that original and damaging thought.
Third Step: Your damaging thoughts usually begin when your mind is left to wander, or to daydream. This is how thinking these bad thoughts becomes a habit. By thinking these thoughts too often they start to happen on their own, and they creep up on you and do their damage. To end this problem, there’s only one answer: creating a new default frame of mind, one that’s calm, positive, and pleasant. You do this by thinking good, positive thoughts as often as you can, so that this becomes the type of thinking your brain does automatically when you aren’t paying attention.
Use these 3 steps to quickly put a stop to your obsessive thoughts and your panic attacks.