How to Stop a Thought Spin-Out

Published: Feb. 22, 2023, 10 a.m.

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Let\\u2019s talk about thought spin-outs. This is when one anxious fear thought shows up, and before you can grab the thought to manage it, it\\u2019s already spun off to another thought \\u2013 and another thought and another thought. Thought spinouts feel like anxiety, they feel out of control.

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Most of the time in a spin out, the thoughts are fast and furious. They feel very very urgent and very very true and your sympathetic nervous system is like \\u201clooks like we\\u2019ve got a major emergency happening\\u2026.let\\u2019s shut off all the higher level thinking and just survive here.\\u201d

Once that sympathetic nervous system is activated, the thoughts aren\\u2019t in your control. Not until your body signals that the emergency is over. Today, I\\u2019m sharing how to regain control in the middle of a spin-out and stay calm AF.

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