Comments on: Habitual Thinking

By: PC

PC — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:59:42 +0000

I suffer from social anxiety disorder and am curently looking into changing my habitual thinking. With SA my habitual thinking is primarily on fear and negative thoughts, basically a bias towards negative thoughts. I keep trying to focus on desires and solutions to create a new type of habitual thinking but this is very difficult as Ive been practising my old habits for many years. One great thing I can do at times is focus on good memories and list them and then add to that list, almost like making a game of searching for all the good memories as they pass through my awareness.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:19:55 +0000

Blogging is a (relatively) new habit and one that certainly forces me to stretch my brain. But I think I have a troublesome tendency to be burdened by habit–that is to say, I keep an overfilled plate of demands on my time and brainpower…it makes it so that I always feel like there’s more I could/should be doing, instead of just watching TV, cooking a quiet meal, or sleeping. So I’ve got that going for me…which kind of sucks. I’m working on it.

By: Tamra

Tamra — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:38:51 +0000

I’ve been recently stretching my mind by walking head-on into my fears. I wrote about Rae-Dupree’s article as well, how it connects with my personal life. Whatever I am hesitant to do, not out of dislike, but fear, I make myself do it. When I feel reluctance to something, if anxiety accompanies it, then it’s something I HAVE to do. I’m tired of being imprisoned by fear. I’m tired of that pressure in my chest. It has been heavy in recent years. I want it gone. Hope that helps!