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Technically, stop thinking. Stop worrying.

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... Read moreสมัยก่อนผมก็เป็นคนที่คิดมากและกังวลกับเรื่องต่างๆ อยู่บ่อยครั้ง จนกระทั่งได้รู้จักกับแนวคิด "การให้อาหารลิงในสมอง" ซึ่งเป็นศัพท์ทางจิตวิทยาที่หมายถึงการเถียงหรือยึดติดกับความคิดลบซ้ำๆ เหมือนการให้อาหารลิงในสมองที่ไม่เคยหยุด การทดลองสำคัญคือการหยุดให้อาหารลิง นั่นคือไม่เถียงหรือยืนยันความคิดกังวลเหล่านั้น แต่ให้รับรู้ว่าเป็นเพียงความคิดผ่านเข้ามา และเลือกที่จะอยู่กับปัจจุบัน ไม่เพียงเท่านั้นยังช่วยให้เราฝึกสติ ทำให้คลายความเครียดและไม่ปล่อยให้ความคิดกังวลครอบงำ ผมเริ่มฝึกโดยเมื่อรู้สึกว่าความคิดกังวลเริ่มมาแทนที่ ฉันหยุดและสังเกตความรู้สึกนั้นโดยไม่ตัดสิน ไม่เถียงกับมันเหมือนที่เคยทำ ยิ่งหยุดเถียงความคิด ยิ่งลดกิจกรรมในสมองที่ให้ความสำคัญกับความคิดกังวล นำมาซึ่งความสงบภายในใจ นอกจากนั้นการพูดคุยกับตัวเองในเชิงบวก หรือการทำกิจกรรมที่ช่วยเบี่ยงเบนความคิดออกจากความกังวล ก็ช่วยได้มาก เช่น การทำสมาธิ การออกกำลังกาย หรือการใช้เวลาทำสิ่งที่รัก ทำให้สมองมีความคิดที่สดชื่นและลดการเกิด "ลิงกังวล" ในสมอง เทคนิคนี้ไม่ได้ง่ายในตอนแรก แต่เมื่อได้ฝึกฝนอย่างสม่ำเสมอ จะพบว่าความคิดมากและความกังวลลดลงอย่างชัดเจน และเราสามารถใช้ชีวิตอย่างมีความสุขและมีสติอยู่กับปัจจุบันได้มากขึ้นจริงๆ

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