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

2 / 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 moreจากประสบการณ์ส่วนตัวที่เคยเผชิญกับอาการคิดมาก เรามักจะพบว่าสมองชอบเล่นกับความรู้สึกกลัวและความกังวลที่เกิดขึ้นโดยไม่มีเหตุผลชัดเจน เหมือนกับที่งานวิจัยจาก Pennsylvania State University ชี้ให้เห็นว่ากว่า 91.4% ของเรื่องที่เรากังวลนั้นไม่เคยเกิดขึ้นจริงเลย แม้ว่าตอนนั้นความรู้สึกจะชัดเจนและหนักหน่วงมากก็ตาม สิ่งที่ช่วยได้คือการฝึกใช้เทคนิค Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) อย่างการตั้งชื่อความคิดที่ทำให้เรากลัว เช่น พูดกับตัวเองว่า “สมองกำลังฉายหนังดราม่าอีกแล้ว” ช่วยให้เราหันมาสังเกตตัวเองมากขึ้น แทนที่จะจมอยู่กับความกังวลโดยไม่รู้ตัว อีกเทคนิคที่มีประโยชน์คือการตั้งคำถามกับความคิด “มีหลักฐานอะไรที่ยืนยันความกลัวนี้จริงไหม?” เพื่อแยกแยะความจริงและความคิดที่ถูกสมองสร้างขึ้นมาเอง นอกจากนี้ การกำหนดเวลาให้ตัวเองคิดมาก (Worry Time) เพียงวันละ 15 นาทีในช่วงเวลาที่กำหนด ช่วยจำกัดพลังงานความคิดที่เกินจำเป็น และฝึกให้สมองรู้ว่าความกังวลไม่ใช่เรื่องเร่งด่วนตลอดเวลา ในวันที่ความคิดมากขึ้นจนรู้สึกไม่สบายใจ การใช้วิธีสูดหายใจลึกๆ พร้อมเตือนตัวเองว่า ณ ตอนนี้เราอยู่ในที่ปลอดภัย และกำลังทำดีที่สุดแล้ว ถือเป็นการช่วยเยียวยาจิตใจอย่างง่ายๆ ที่แต่ละคนสามารถทำได้ด้วยตัวเอง การเข้าใจกลไกสมองว่าเราไม่ได้อยู่คนเดียว และความกลัวนั้นเป็นเพียงเงาที่ไม่มีจริงเสมอไป เป็นก้าวแรกที่สำคัญในการจัดการกับอาการคิดมากและความกลัว นอกจากนั้นยังช่วยให้เราเปลี่ยนมุมมองกับตัวเอง ให้อภัยและให้กำลังใจตัวเองได้มากขึ้นด้วย

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