Worry can distract us from what really matters. Yet, there are many things we can do to reconnect with the moment
Trying to banish anxious thoughts from our minds often magnifies these thoughts.Acceptance Commitment Therapy can assist those struggling with worry to recconect to the present.
Someone I love once told me that if you had some way to know that you'd be gone in three years, you would still be 100% alive today. That stuck with me. Often our minds paint grim images of the future. As a therapist, I see this every day. The everlasting 'what ifs.' 'What if I lose my job?' 'What if my wife leaves?' 'What if I get cancer?'
These 'what ifs' can keep us trapped in a future that does not now and may never, exist. This robs us of the joy, connection, and momentum we could be experiencing in the present. In relationships and creative endeavors, these fears can sabotage us creating the very realities we hope to avoid. Still, trying not to worry is rarely effective. We don't get to choose what thoughts come into our minds. Trying to banish certain thoughts from our minds tends to magnify this as illustrated by the Acceptance Commitment Therapy metaphor of the beach ball; the further you push the thoughts away the stronger they come back just as the beachball burst from below when held underwater .exercises are meant to root us in something occurring in the present moment.
Stoddard, J. A., & Afari, N. . The Big Book of ACT Metaphors: A Practitioner's Guide to Experiential Exercises and Metaphors in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.As the lines between real and fake blur, Americans increasingly chase the idea of authenticity. The first step may be to consider self-knowledge, truthfulness, and other building blocks on the road to personal growth.
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