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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Aug 6 8:12am | Replies (335)
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@jimhd one of the things I do to stop such thinking is to magnify the end result to the extreme and then say it out loud. I then realized how much it does not sound like sanity. It makes me realize my thinking is not what it should be.

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Jim, Volunteer Mentor | @jimhd | Oct 29, 2019

@johnhans Thanks, John, for the good suggestion. What I usually do is try to distract myself with other thoughts. If I can maintain the distraction long enough, it may or may not work.

@georgette12 , those thoughts that stem from PTSD only serve to stir up the sadness, anger and pain, don't they. Sometimes it's appropriate to think through what's happened to us, usually with the help of a good therapist, but having the memories pop up, either at random or because of a trigger, rubs salt in the wounds.

As Johnhans suggests, having a safety plan in place is key.

Jim

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