Betsy Guerra shares a three-step routine for intrusive thoughts: write or talk about it, repeat a calming mantra to shift your brain's control, then redirect to a different thought or action.
The prefrontal cortex.
The basal ganglia.
When your thoughts are driving you crazy, do this. Number one, you're going to release it. Write about it in a journal. Talk to someone about it. Because if you keep it inside, it gets bigger and deeper. What you resist persists. So release it. Let it go. Number two, you're going to repeat a prayer, a mantra, a phrase, something that brings you peace and helps soothe you. What happens is that when you're thinking and ruminating, you're operating from the prefrontal cortex of the brain. But when you're repeating something, automate it. You're operating from the basal ganglia. So that's why you're able to let go of the thought. Because you're changing to a different place in the brain. Number three. Redirect. When you substitute that thought by another thought or action, you're able to release that one and engage in the new one. And now you can go and ruminate about who you want to share this video with so that you may support them.
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