Re: Using ACT in the moment

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> I think thought labeling is a great " in the moment " exercise...doesn't deny or

resist the thought, just acknowledges it, without buying into it

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> You are recognizing the obsessive thinking, but know that it is an effect of

what you are believing, and not something you need to resist in and of

itself...resisting it will just make it another " problem "

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> May I ask you, what is the nature of what your anxiety is concerned about?

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Yes thought labeling! It's always been a great hellp but when i get so wrapped

up in my thoughts I forget to use it. LOL I back on track with doing it

though.

The nature of what my anxiety is concerned about is always changing and it's

always about things that I don't even have a real concern with. One day it can

be about the end of the world, another day it may be about hurting my children,

another day about hurting myself. There's a whole bunch of different themes.

The thing is I don't believe the world is ending any time soon, I know I won't

hurt my children, I have no plans of hurting myself. I just have these thoughts

when I'm anxious and then those thoughts freak me out. So thought labeling is

perfect, when I remember to do it it the thoughts are not so scary.