Self-Defeating Thoughts 2
Yesterday I mentioned that I had begun writing down my self-defeating thoughts and finding that the process of watching for them seemed to make them occur a great deal less– in fact, hardly at all.
Important addendum: this morning I worked steadily through my forty-some e-mails with no procrastinating at all about the more complicated ones. This is seriously unusual. I think there’s a connection.
My psychologist husband suggested to me a while back that I write down my obsessive thoughts. My reaction: omigod, I’d be doing nothing but writing repeating thoughts. I didn’t even try it. Clearly, I should have.
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Categories: obsessive-compulsive disorder, self-help, strategy