I did this when I was a teenager and it was surprisingly effective at helping me get out of a depressive period.
Instead of barking I would drown out the negative with a small, pre-thought up, positive sentence about myself. When I caught the negative thoughts, I’d drown them out with it in my head.
i do it with little songs or like jazz scatting (lol).
But it doesn’t help for nighttime lying in bed (especially if my partner is asleep) - so for that I use the method where you consciously check in and stop moving and relax each muscle in your body as granulary as you can - toes, heels, tops of feet, ankles, calves… all the way up to head.
Haven’t tried this method yet, but what the heck. You snooze you lose.
I did this when I was a teenager and it was surprisingly effective at helping me get out of a depressive period.
Instead of barking I would drown out the negative with a small, pre-thought up, positive sentence about myself. When I caught the negative thoughts, I’d drown them out with it in my head.
Drown that which effects our mental state. Got it.
Alcohol works on both external aaaand internal wounds
It worked for God
i do it with little songs or like jazz scatting (lol).
But it doesn’t help for nighttime lying in bed (especially if my partner is asleep) - so for that I use the method where you consciously check in and stop moving and relax each muscle in your body as granulary as you can - toes, heels, tops of feet, ankles, calves… all the way up to head.