Intrusive Thoughts - How To Calm Down Your Mind (Part 3 of 3)

Intrusive Thoughts - How To Calm Down Your Mind (Part 3 of 3)
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This is the third and final video in this intrusive thoughts series. In this video, I discuss two simple strategies you can use to help reduce the frequency and intensity of intrusive thoughts.
Strategy 1 - Journaling
Journaling is very helpful to get the stuff in your head out on paper. Journal can help with creating some space between you and your thoughts (a process called cognitive defusion). I highly suggest a simple journaling practice if you are struggling with intrusive thoughts.
Strategy 2 - Meditation
Meditation is very simple practice that will help enhance your moment by moment awareness. I suggest Meditation to almost all my clients -especially those who struggle with intrusive thoughts.
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[@appledough3843]

I speak from experience that meditation helps calm your mind. I would always have intrusive thoughts all day that would lead to depression and anxiety. But then I started meditating 10 minutes a day for a month, every day (mostly in the mornings). Then after that I started seeing some results. When I would have a thought I could easily dismiss it and it wouldn't bother me as much. I came upon this video and decided to just comment some advice that works wonders. Update: I just got to the part in the video about meditation! Lol! Meditation does help!

[@restoredminds]

Haha - Thanks for supporting the point Alex...

[@restoredminds]

I have also found meditation very helpful....Thanks for watching!

[@shy-annb.21]

Alex Xavier hey Alex, can your intrusive thoughts really go away. I need it too

[@potatomuffin4420]

it's not about making them go away. It's about changing your perspective on them

[@Allanwify]

I meditate too and it sure helps calm your mind. I have done it for 5 years on a daily basis - 20 minutes.

[@KoolestDudeNTheBlock]

God Bless you brother! I was having a panic attack due to intrusive thoughts but you helped me thank you :)

[@restoredminds]

I am glad they are helpful - Thanks for the support!

[@shy-annb.21]

Uriel Torrez did it work for you

[@dapure1718]

Uriel Torrez i pray the lord brings you peace on top of this video

[@brittmg13]

You make me feel not crazy and that getting better is possible thank you :)

[@whooshair8150]

He said excellently- thoughts are not your reality, it is what you experience. I would like to add on a few words. Don't try control your thoughts. Just don't allow them to control you. What you believe in is your reality. Not what you think. Again it's still just your reality, so don't worry, it does not mean it's the world's reality.

[@danielgraham5199]

I have had a lot of intrusive thoughts and I keep questioning them which didn’t help the situation so I watched another video on this topic and I didn’t question the thoughts all day and they made me have a nicer day

[@evanbulldogs2458]

My intrusive thoughts started when I was helping my friend with his problems and school stressed me out a lot and my mum struggled with a bit of anxiety and I think I do too when I was a child if there was a storm I would cry and think it would flood

[@sasadhriraoprasad4539]

So I had this for a few days. And I told myself I will go through this and get better. And I will help others who are in need of my help who went through the same thing. So this is how I'm beating it and I think you should know it too. We all know what is intrusive thoughts, it's the junk thoughts our mind gives us to look at. Sometimes it consoles us that's us too. Remember that our body, mind and soul are three different things/entity, doesn't mean it's all in one place it is the same. Try to understand this idea. Secondly, don't give a sh*t about your thoughts. If your mind gives you good thoughts, would you question them? Same here, don't question it if it's bad either. Our mind is a child that wouldn't grow and know any social norms, taboo ,evil or good. What we can do is, identify whether it suits with ourselves. Our souls. If it's bad or judgy thoughts, just leave them be and carry on with your day. This is where meditation comes in. Meditation helps to figure out our thoughts and ourselves. So my advice, don't care and carry on. Be Happy. We are the souls, we should control our materialistic body and minds. Don't give in, it may sound like it's real. Don't believe it. And another advice, no one would know your thoughts or what's happening in your head,so you shouldn't seek any validation.*Stop debating in your head why the thought came in the first place* Still, you will be recognized as a gem. Try to seek inner peace. Namaste. I would really like to help if you guys have any questions.

[@kayqueen5037]

Sasadhri rao prasad hey can you contact me

[@taeboogie7304]

Hey can you contact me too about this

[@MaurySepulveda]

Sasadhri rao prasad, thanks a lot friend

[@usha6844]

Plz help

[@hazelnurse8046]

Hello to you

[@jefftam1352]

Thanks...i forgot about journaling. Something I used to do but have not done in awhile. Journaling is a good tool to add to my toolkit. Great videos...off to meditate.

[@jimmycrutsinger8358]

I'm a marine vet with very bad intrusive thought I feel awful from them my anxiety is bad as well I also have ptsd and this one thin if I'm like ready to lose it I pic a letter and set everything that starts with that letter to distract my mind I hope this helps you I know the struggle is so fucking real may god bless you all semperfidelis

[@Vincentricardo18]

Thanks a lot for posting this video man !

[@Daisy-tr7mi]

Thank you so much for these videos, and bringing light to this. I think that so many people suffer from this, and are afraid to get help. There isn't even a huge understanding of these type of intrusive thoughts in the mental health community.

[@Eflodur]

Another good advice is to ask yourself if the thought is useful and where does it comes from.

[@Zekesnet]

Very useful videos! Thanks for sharing them!

[@sudharsanh9073]

Thanks a lot, brother for the efforts you are putting into help the mankind.

[@matheuscampello6281]

dude you're so smart! thank you for posting this

[@monster11223]

One thing I like to do is to train myself to do nothing when an intrusive thought comes up.

[@FedlerMusic]

Thanks so much man, good to know I’m not going through this alone and that there is something to do about it :)

[@all_3844]

Outstanding advice..my phycoligyst teaches this to me. Your videos are a great help to me in order to remember what to do when I’m having a moment!! Thank you :-)

[@johnnirmalraj2164]

Hi matt, thanks a lot for ur exploration on intrusive thoughts in making clear of the subject to us. It's for real and true that daily meditation creates a much experiencing impact to disempower the intrusive thoughts and it also helps very great in keeping the mind calm the whole day. Instruive thoughts r just a viral mind like a viral fever and meditation is definitely it's daily dose of medicine for diagnosis because for physical body it's a physical exercise required to keep it fit and like wise for the mind, the mindfulness meditation is certainly required to keep it fit for sure. Meditation is the cheap and best medicine for intrusive thoughts available with all of us. I practiced eight weeks of self mindfulness meditation, the day I got intrusive thoughts from nowhere but immediately given its own taste of meditational medicine to calm down the mind. It really works. Thanks a lot Matt for ur wonderful service in educating all, cheers bro and keep going. May god bless u

[@sarahvazquez7736]

I think this video healed me

[@sitatt]

Thank you so, so much.

[@akshayshah5734]

Please upload more videos. Your videos are helpful.

[@danielgraham5199]

Your videos have helped me quite alot

[@1969Spursgeezer]

Great video thanks 🙏🏻

[@c.k.1958]

thank you for your helpful videos. I have suffered with intrusive thoughts for a long time. can I ask a question for you to answer?? thanks again

[@imself30]

thx a lot of ur help Matt !!

[@restoredminds]

You're welcome! - Thanks for watching

[@rrgert4]

awesome thanks so much

[@NeerajKumar-pb6rc]

Great 🙏🙏🙏

[@theshredguitarist25]

Great videos, Matt!

[@declankelly3713]

thank god i thought i was fucked in the head

[@parajay2875]

You should talk about the illusion of the compulsion having to do with the some sense of false magic force that performing the compulsion as a result of an intrusive thought will magically prevent an irrational thought from becoming reality.

[@yeah1574]

A strategy ive found its sound a bit dumb but i watch scary movies and listen to scary stories and it takes a lot of power from the intrusive thoughts

[@americablessgod1273]

His point: journaling; visualization; free download.

[@ceezaay]

I'm having a cycle of this thought...(violence,sexual) everyday i see an object or any event I just make up a bad thought my my own.. Everyday i create a new intrusive thought.. Someof them are really weird as well as horrifying! I am worried..please suggest me something calming😑 what about medication+ CBT??

[@zenaidabucio5388]

I am suffering the same thing. I was in a mental hospital and all they did was drug me. Support groups were helpful and just being away for a bit calm me down but getting back home is sort of a struggle yet I'm getting ready to start therapy. One thing I will say look for someone who you can trust and tell them what your thinking or write it down. My husband has been my support system since day one. I try to just memorize what he tells me and it distracts me. Its tough but not impossible we have the answer to our problems is just that we are so stuck on the disturbing thoughts. I am very stuck but I pray for a better day watching these videos or listening in the car sort of helps me.

[@RezAbbasi1]

Mindful breathing IS not focusing on your thoughts...Meta mindfulness is what you're referring to which is being aware of your thoughts. Slightly different but both are great.

[@amethystperez5570]

It's the world we living this days and experience that we had in life has a lot to do with the axiety.

[@mrwellwisher5517]

I have some anxiety problem I always worry on silly things like when I watch a movie i think I am the protagonist and I thing that what will I do when villain came to kill me I keep thinking about it then I will be stressed and because of that I couldn't sleep I am tired of this. am I abnormal(I didn't sleep for 2 days)

[@DsMac46]

first of all I hope u all understand my english as its my second language.hi😀 that smile is not true though.... I have watched ur previous videos.I had this thoughts before and I struggled a lot and it gone but before 3 days It came back. What my thoughts are like the things I see other people doesn't see..but I know what I see or hear also all people see and hear but frequently this thoughts come and make me anxious...even I think this video may be I am the only one sees.. What should I do now ? I stopped medication its been 3 months now.

[@gingerisevil02]

What's the difference between acceptance and defeat?

[@americablessgod1273]

Explain mindfulness/meditation? It's Eastern New Age religion, but so many versions of it. I still want to learn which of the millions of versions of it has helped you.

[@copperpcb]

Why do no psychologist admit thoughts do create reality? What about Law of attraction? Intrusive thoughts during visualization. I honestly haven't found anything to link these 2 concepts😣

[@dodegagon1641]

Does journaling have to be on physical paper?

[@pinmeister987]

I personally use my phone or write in Microsoft word. Whichever works for you. Although some would argue paper is best, as the act of writing it is therapeutic

[@danielgraham5199]

Also do the thoughts eventually start to disappear

[@yohanathandowns9057]

Daniel Graham yes, and even when they do pop up eventually they wont bother you anymore

[@larajack2392]

Should we welcome our intrusive thoughts? Please reply

[@tonamurray7021]

Im not this dude or an expert but everything ive read says yes bro because welcoming them is the opposite of fighting against them and fighting against them is what makes them stronger

[@dkv-officials9455]

I have a lot of intrusive thoughts .and mostly are sexual and violent ... it feels like I'll never be alright. and i m getting to be an evil person I'm crying and I don't wanna be alive. even I m getting these thoughts for my mom and my younger sister ......help mee...............

[@1988introvert]

Deepak Kabdwal you are giving too much importance and meaning to these thoughts..Dont do that. you are NOT THESE THOUGHTS !! ITS JUST A NEGATIVE RANDOM THOUGHT. If possible meet a therapist.

[@kokotkiuh3333]

Dont worry it is just a thought ♥️🙏 Nothing bad will hapen

[@anatino]

So that means we are crazy??