Those Racing Thoughts

 

Everyone of us would have those moments WHEN our brain suddenly goes haywire.  Been there [and it's tough, dude].  Many times, I would get fixated on the same thought, like being stuck on a hamster wheel.   OR at times, my thoughts would aimlessly bounce from one random topic to the next LIKE those pinballs.  In the world of psychology, they refer to this as those RACING THOUGHTS.  And the most common cause?  Psychologists point to anxiety and they support that hypothesis based on the study WHICH showed that WHEN people struggle with those RACING THOUGHTS, they become contantly worried [with those RACING THOUGHTS]📗📙📘

Studies show that the most common behaviors of people struggling with RACING THOUGHTS are constantly worried about WHAT needs to be done, WHAT HASN'T been done and WHAT is next.  In the simplest words, they seem to be obsessed about the PAST, the PRESENT and even the FUTURE situations, endling up rattling with a long list of WHAT IF scenarios.  WHERE does this lead us to?  Obviously, we get hostaged by either the PAST, the PRESENT or the FUTURE!!!

Can we hear from the experts to handle our RACING THOUGHTS? Experts advise us to consider those RACING THOUGHTS as noise and nothing more than that.  And as it is sometimes WHAT are minds do, let it be.  Then, that would give us that sense of control so we DON'T feel helpless.  And WHEN we put our RACING THOUGHTS in that proper context, they would feel that less threatening and in the end, much more effective to be managed.  And here's a practice advice from the experts.Let's try to distract our own self as experts claim that we can sometimes 'break the cycle' by distracting our own mind.  A practical advice is this snide comment 'HERE I GO AGAIN WITH MY LIST OF THOUGHTS THAT NEVER ENDS'💥💥💥

Now, this sounds like a token advice BUT experts opine that we got to keep moving.  WHY?  Simple and straightforward.  Moving is helpful for defusing anxiety as it NOT only breaks a vicious cycle of those RACING THOUGHTS but in the end, it gives our mind something else to focus on.  It could be as like doing a set of push-ups, 10 jumping jacks, then take a five-minute walk OR as simple as doing household chores.  And building up a regular exercise schedule into our life as well as it will offer those short bursts of activities.  BEEN THERE, DONE THAT and I can attest it works.  WHILE I am NO exercise buff, we pursued a consistent daily walk [for roughly an hour everyday [except if there are heavy rains] to prepare ourselves for our 2-week Japan holidays💚💛💜

Our takeaway:  If those RACING THOUGHTS seem to bother you as frequent as it's been, even as a non-expert, I would advise you to 'arrest this skid' pronto and ASAP before it becomes too late for any action to be effective.  At the end of the day, we need to realize in life that if something needs to be ACTIONED, take ACTION and close things out only after the ACTION becomes successful enough.  Otherwise, THOSE RACING THOUGHTS might take over your life😡😡😡