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Stop thinking too much if you know the "brain mechanism" that scares us. " 😖

3 / 3 When "fear" is just an illusion: delve into brain mechanisms that like to trick us into "overthinking" ourselves

💡 Have you ever been? Lying suddenly, the brain likes to dig up things that have gone wrong in the past, or sometimes worrying about a future that has yet to come, if you are one who often faces such "overthinking."..I want you to know that you're not weird and not failing, but you're just being fooled by the mechanics of your brain!!

# Psychological knowledge # Out of my own fear

# Self-improvement # Self-improvement psychology

# Want to be good like gemini

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... Read moreหลายครั้งที่เราเผชิญกับความคิดมากหรือความกลัวภายในใจ มักมาจากกลไกสมองที่สร้างภาพลวงตา ทำให้เรารู้สึกว่ามีภัยคุกคาม ทั้งที่จริงแล้วอาจไม่มีอะไรเกิดขึ้นเลย สมองของเราทำงานเหมือนนักเล่าเรื่องที่ชอบเติมเต็มจินตนาการจนกลายเป็นความกลัวที่ไม่มีเหตุผล การรู้ทันกลไกเหล่านี้จึงเป็นกุญแจสำคัญที่ช่วยให้เราหยุดคิดมากและใช้ชีวิตอย่างสงบสุขมากขึ้น 1. ความคิดไม่ได้คือความจริงเสมอไป สมองมักเล่าเรื่องดราม่าและจินตนาการสถานการณ์ที่น่ากลัว การเข้าใจว่าไม่ใช่ทุกความคิดจะถูกต้องช่วยให้เราคัดกรองและไม่จมอยู่กับเรื่องลบ 2. ขอบคุณความกลัว แต่ไม่ตกเป็นทาสของมัน ความกลัวคือสัญชาตญาณที่สมองสร้างขึ้นมาเพื่อปกป้องเรา เราควรขอบคุณที่สมองเตือน แต่ไม่จำเป็นต้องปล่อยให้ความกลัวครอบงำจนวิตกกังวลเกินเหตุ 3. อย่าให้เงาของอนาคตมาขโมยความสุขในปัจจุบัน การมโนถึงความเลวร้ายที่จะเกิดขึ้นในอนาคต เป็นเพียงภาพลวงตาที่สมองสร้างขึ้น การฝึกมีสติและอยู่กับปัจจุบันช่วยลดความคิดมากได้จริง 4. คะแนนความกลัวจากจินตนาการส่วนใหญ่ไม่เกิดขึ้นจริง งานวิจัยพบว่า 90% ของความกลัวที่เรามีนั้นอยู่ในหัว การที่เราตระหนักในเรื่องนี้ช่วยให้เราควบคุมความวิตกกังวลได้ดีขึ้น 5. คุณเป็นเจ้าของความคิด ไม่ใช่ผู้เช่า สมองเป็นแค่ผู้รับใช้ของเรา คุณมีสิทธิ์เลือกว่าจะรับฟังความคิดลบมากน้อยแค่ไหน และมีอำนาจปิดประตูไม่ให้ความคิดเหล่านั้นกวนใจ จากประสบการณ์จริง เมื่อตอนที่ฉันรู้สึกคิดมากและวิตกกับเรื่องแย่ๆ สมองมักนำภาพอดีตที่ล้มเหลวและความกลัวในอนาคตมาเล่นซ้ำ ทำให้ฉันเครียดและนอนไม่หลับ จนได้เรียนรู้วิธีขอบคุณความกลัวแต่ไม่ปล่อยให้มันครอบงำ และฝึกดึงตัวเองกลับสู่ปัจจุบันด้วยการหายใจลึกๆ ทำให้จิตใจสงบและลดความคิดมากลงได้อย่างเห็นผล ความรู้เทคนิคนี้ช่วยเปลี่ยนชีวิตและทำให้ฉันมีความสุขขึ้นอย่างมาก การเข้าใจกลไกสมองและวิธีจัดการกับความกลัวไม่เพียงแต่จะช่วยลดอาการคิดมาก แต่ยังส่งเสริมสุขภาพจิตที่แข็งแรงขึ้นด้วย ลองนำวิธีเหล่านี้ไปใช้ในชีวิตประจำวัน แล้วคุณจะพบว่าความกลัวและความคิดมากไม่ได้น่ากลัวอย่างที่สมองชอบหลอกเรามาตลอด

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