Hilariously Ridiculous

[Brooklyn99]

Sometimes, I seriously look at my thoughts from a 3rd person's perspective and laugh at myself for freaking out over every little thing. It's like "girl, chill the ***k out bro...whatchu doing?"

[Agora1]

Hi Brooklyn99, good post. I will remember that next time I ask myself

"does this really help you Agora?" Sometimes we need that 3rd party prospective

in order to bring us back to reality. xx

[Brooklyn99 in reply to Agora1]

Hehe...glad I could help✨️

[JasmineJaz]

I do the same too. It's really only in your head sometimes, and it looks smaller when put into reality -- Guess that's why writing about it would help. Another similar experience I had is that sometimes the "3rd-party thoughts" just automatically generate in my mind when the abrupt emotion does not make any sense "Wait, you gonna cry now? For real? At least finish the breakfast so you'll have the energy to... no? ok no pressure." Then I'll just cry for a while 🤣

[Brooklyn99 in reply to JasmineJaz]

That's really funny tbh. 🤣

[JasmineJaz in reply to Brooklyn99]

For real 🤣 glad to be living alone for moments like this!

[designguy]

Good for you, that is a sign of progress! I even make fun of them sometimes and then make them even more ridiculous, it's a great skill for learning how to reframe our thoughts, especially the fearful ones , it takes the power out of them.

[Brooklyn99 in reply to designguy]

That's so true. If I have a fearful thought, I don't try to fight it. I am like " oh shit bro, you maybe right, I may end up being an unloved pile of hay...oh well, whatchu gotta do...okay adios🤷‍♀️!" And then the thoughts that bully me just sit there like, "dude!!!! I was trying to freak you out and now I can't do anything" and then they just stop. I really enjoy doing that now.

[designguy in reply to Brooklyn99]

I'm glad you found that thoughts are just thoughts, they have no power over us unless we choose to believe them, that is real progress!