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Handling Rumination/Thought Spirals: Tips on How to Cope With Self-Destructive Thoughts (Patreon)

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2022-05-24 17:10:50
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2024-04-05 21:22:47
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Those of us with ADHD (and especially Anxiety!) frequently have to deal with the unfortunate reality that are thought spirals. Today let's explore some community tips on how to cope with our brain's run away desire for rumination.

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How do you all handle rumination? 

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Handling Rumination/Thought Spirals: Tips on How to Cope With Self-Destructive Thoughts

Those of us with ADHD (and especially Anxiety!) frequently have to deal with the unfortunate reality that are thought spirals. Today let's explore some community tips on how to cope with our brain's run away desire for rumination. Check out OCD Stories' Podcast on Rumination!: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0dkcDzBZbBf3NZXExJEu7J?si=0f2776a9182f4590 What's emotional first aid? Why's it important? .... and how?? Check out these articles & tedtalk!: https://www.ted.com/talks/sangu_delle_there_s_no_shame_in_taking_care_of_your_mental_health?referrer=playlist-the_struggle_of_mental_health (Please note that Sangu uses imagery taken within Africa during his Tedtalk. If that imagery is going to be upsetting for you please take care to watch this at a time that is optimal for you and allows you to take care of yourself. 🧡) https://ideas.ted.com/7-ways-to-practice-emotional-first-aid/ https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/behavioral-health-partners/bhp-blog/september-2018/emotional-first-aid.aspx Want to read the ideas we didn't include in the video? WE GOT YOU!: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx42Muv5QJPsxfFsSxSAgba-J6D0sqGvUz Twitter: https://twitter.com/HowtoADHD/status/1519769866823094272?s=20&t=fn03STdYX3VtvxiiPt_vNA Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howtoadhd Check out our website: http://howtoadhd.com Follow us on all the things: Twitter: http://twitter.com/howtoadhd TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@howtoadhd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtoadhd/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/howtoadhd Our Merch Shop: http://shop.howtoadhd.com

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Stuart Wickson

Thanks for this video, it’s annoying this isn’t raised more often by professionals treating ADHD, I’m 40 and only found out about rumination and its link to ADHD last week (from you!!) I never realized rumination was normal for us, I just new it wasn’t normal for everyone else. Like most (I hope), I eventually managed to dial it out but just knowing most of us suffer from this really helped, stay on top of it and don’t listen to the DMN!

ReganSenpai

I struggled with this so much for years, and I did all the self help strategies and meditations and it helped a TEENY TINY bit. But then I would be stressed about the fact that I was stressed! Like I knew it was affecting my health so I was frantically trying everything. Honestly it didn't get better until I went on a low dose mood stablizer. Now I feel like the strategies I learned before I actually am able to implament and get them to work. I still feel anxious at times, but I don't get stuck on the feeling for weeks and weeks on end. Journaling used to make me ruminate more, but now with the right medication I find that it actually does get the feelings out and help me process and move on from them. Finding a good care providor that was pateint enough and well read enough to try different things was key.

Spiceymomma83

I find if my mind is going I have to find something else to distract me like a podcast or music depending on my mood I am in.

Edward Pickering-Symes

This was even worse when I was a kid. As soon as I turned out the light my mind would rattle off everything embarrassing I had ever done. Now I only ruminate on big disasters that give me anxiety when I think about them. It felt irrational and I berated myself for still having it, a year after the event. I tried to push the thoughts away. I saw a therapist for a few weeks who taught me how to feel the feeling and try to describe it. This stopped my anxiousness about the thoughts coming. Sometimes the thought of having the anxiety was worse than the actual worry, like Regan above. I think ruminating is common now and I wrote tips for young people https://electriclearn.wordpress.com/2021/04/25/7-ways-to-stop-worrying/

Maria G

This is helpful today as I find myself ruminating on fears of losing my 2nd grader to the next school shooting. Thank you.

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