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When you catch yourself worrying, label it as "just a thought" to create distance from it. The speaker says this simple technique stops rumination by reminding you that thoughts aren't facts or predictions about what will happen.
When you catch yourself worrying, label it as "just a thought" to create distance from it. The speaker says this simple technique stops rumination by reminding you that thoughts aren't facts or predictions about what will happen.
A client of mine is a chronic overthinker, and so I gave him one sentence to remember. Whenever something comes up, he just has to say to himself, just a thought, to remind himself that that's all it is. It is just a thought. It's not who he is. It's not what's going to happen. It's just something he's thinking. And while it may sound super simplistic, it is a very easy way to stop overthinking. If overthinking is something that you're dealing with, give it a try and let me know how you go.
