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To answer your question, OP, yes, you can reverse your habitual thinking . . . you just have to be motivated to change a bunch of stuff - starting with daily habits and then develop some positive practices.
Before you go to sleep at night, have a relaxing ritual (bath, etc.), get cozy and say out loud, "I am going to have wonderful, fun, enlightening dreams." When you wake up in the morning, say, "Happy, happy, joy, joy).
Then do fun things throughout the day - when you start thinking negative just STOP - I go on YouTube and watch inspirational videos.
Also, get out in nature as much as you can. Walk your dog. Enjoy the beautiful outdoors.
I also use EFT and I think that would help you quite a bit, if you would be willing to give it a try (Emotional Freedom Technique - tapping on meridians) - it's free, quick and easy.
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^ This is going to indicate I'm a he rather than a she, haha, but at 13 I feared I had cancer, testicular cancer to be exact (I won't go into detail) and thought I would die. I think it was more coincidental but it did trigger off 13 years of anxiety. I think I've always been prone to anxiety, that was the first thing that really set it off. Oh and actually the year before sort of losing faith in God and the fear of hell too.
^ Pretty much this.
Thanks for the advice imcurious. I always feel better going for walks out in nature..just doing relaxing things is pretty helpful.
Trimac,have u tried being with some pets? The other day I was upset with my husband and saw my neighbour who I hadn't seen for a long time at the subway with her dog. After petting him and chatting about him, I felt much better.
Also, try listening to or reading foreign languages.I often laugh at the words,for example,a rooster in Russian's ''pair-tuh'',which doesn't sound anything like a cockerel at all
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Trimac,have u tried being with some pets? The other day I was upset with my husband and saw my neighbour who I hadn't seen for a long time at the subway with her dog. After petting him and chatting about him, I felt much better.
Also, try listening to or reading foreign languages.I often laugh at the words,for example,a rooster in Russian's ''pair-tuh'',which doesn't sound anything like a cockerel at all
We used to have three dogs, all gone to doggy heaven now, and I used to keep fish. Yeah it'd be nice to have a pet, but at the moment I'm moving around too much. Maybe when I get settled.
You don't have to get one, just walk a friend's or stop by the neighbour's gate to pet it. Or volunteer once a month at a pet rescue. Some prefer pooches to people-less malovelence!
Trimac: I read the book "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff. It's a short introduction to the ancient Chinese philosophy of Taoism. It describes Winnie the Pooh (a mildly retarded stuffed bear from children's cartoons and books, who screws up most things he comes into contact with) as one of the world's greatest Taoists, and explains why. It's one of the few self help books I didn't think was utter B.S. You might consider getting and skimming it if you have time and access to it. It's kind of funny too, in case it's useless insofar as assisting your dealing with your dilemmas. It may be more relatable if you know what Winnie the Pooh is though. I don't know whether or not they've ever had that show or those books in Australia.
Read Tim Ferriss's "4 Hour Work Week".. although I went into that book hoping to be able to live that sort of lifestyle (and have yet to achieve it), it has been very helpful in improving many other aspects of my life. I recommend his section on "Fear Setting".. write down ALL of your biggest fears and assign a point value (1-10) for each then reflect on the worst case scenario. If the worst case is tolerable, then you shouldn't be feeling negative.
Same here. Violent nightmares that play out like movies since teen years. You can't do nothing about your dreams.
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