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Do You Obsess On or Suppress Feelings?

Name: Do You Obsess On or Suppress Feelings?
Uploaded: 2023-12-22T13:48:35+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Danielle Jhiani
Description: YouTube video by Danielle Jhiani (uploaded Dec 22, 2023) offering brief practical guidance on managing uncomfortable feelings. The speaker lists four…

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YouTube video by Danielle Jhiani (uploaded Dec 22, 2023) offering brief practical guidance on managing uncomfortable feelings. The speaker lists four unhelpful responses: assigning meaning to every thought/feeling, hyper-focusing on them, self-judgment, and pushing them away. Recommended responses include nonjudgmental acceptance, allowing feelings to come, reminding oneself that feelings occur for many reasons, and deliberately giving feelings less attention.

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There's four different things that you're doing that you're going to want to stop today. The first one is you're automatically giving every feeling and thought that comes up, meaning. The second thing that you might be doing is hyper focusing on these feelings. You've probably heard what we focus on grows. The third thing that you might be doing is judging yourself for having them. And the fourth reason why you're getting more and more of these feelings is you're pushing them away. First, you need to practice never, ever judging your feelings. They just are. Secondly, practice allowing all of your thoughts or feelings to come. Remind yourself that feelings happen for all kinds of reasons. And then lastly, just let it be there and not give it attention. And so I may need to give them less attention, work on my fear and anxiety responses, or stop focusing or letting these feelings mean anything for me.