Hey Harvesters! We're back again this week with another double header of episodes!! Thank for continuing to show up for yourself and allowing yourself to heal and plant seeds in your healing garden. Trust that the work you're doing is not in vain.
Episode 46 brings us to the topic of handling intrusive thoughts. We all deal with them, whether we choose to acknowledge them or not but the important thing we'll learn in today's episode is how to manage them. These unwanted thoughts creep up from time to time and I would beat myself up when they did and would also shame myself for thinking them. The important thing to understand about intrusive thoughts is that it's totally natural for us to have them, it's all in your intent behind these thoughts.
Everyone has intrusive thoughts. They come from a place where you wouldn't think of doing what you're actually thinking. It's totally natural to have a fearful reaction to them so don't think that you're reaction to them is wrong. Fighting makes them worse and takes away your power.
HOW TO HANDLE THEM:
-Know that thoughts are not facts
-There's a difference between thought and intent
-Develop distress tolerant skills that can help with managing them
The trick to intrusive thoughts is not to resist them, but to let them happen and don't fixate on them. Greet them with the same relaxed acceptance over and over until your sensitized reaction lessens. Remove the fear of it, and allow it to fall away on it's it own. I do hope you were able to take something valuable from today's episode. Trust yourself! HAPPY HARVESTING!!!
