Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check-in Friday 11th January
Hey Trauma Family,
Ready for day 7 of ACT topic
Day 7: Think Differently Goal: To learn how to think differently.
Thoughts are like road signs for navigating life. It takes effort and practice to become more aware of thoughts. We may or may not be aware that we buy into our thoughts. By doing so, its like treating them as truth and taking them literally. This can be problematic since thoughts can be destructive.
Becoming Aware Exercise:
Write down your thoughts as they run through your mind right now. Set a timer for 2 minutes and write down as many thoughts as you can.
Becoming Aware Exercise to do on your own time:
Reflect on the following - It is very likely that you did not capture all that you were thinking in those few moments. We have thousands of thoughts each day. Its no wonder we regularly metaphorically drive off the road or get distracted and lost in life. Often the road itself is poorly lit (i.e., unclear values), the signs at the side of the road are frequent and confusing (i.e. unhelpful thoughts), and we give these signs (unhelpful thoughts) power that can come back to hurt us.
Its easy to get stuck to thoughts and treat them as if they are what they say they are. When it comes to pain, it can be very difficult to see that your pain does not define you. Deliberately trying to stop thinking is ineffective. Instead, you can distance yourself from your thoughts-looking at rather than from a thought. This allows you to evaluate and dispute thoughts and as the road sign analogy goes, drive safely down the road.
Bonus Activity:
Share your thoughts below to better understand this concept.
Questions
How are you finding this series so far?
Have you learnt something throughout ?
How are you feeling today?
Of course the topic is optional just a hi a regular check in is perfectly ok everyone.
Sunday is my Trauma Adult Discussion 2pm ET Topic Session Four - Childhood Abuse then my Teen Trauma session day has changed from tuesday to monday along with a time change so 12pm ET Topic Reporting Domestic Abuse
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@CaringBrit hi
@crimsonLime6525 hey there lime how are you
@CaringBrit probably shouldn
@crimsonLime6525 aww why
@CaringBrit kinda fell of the rails a little, its so hard
@crimsonLime6525 i understand you lime and im here for you
@CaringBrit you
@crimsonLime6525 no one deserves to suffer lime eould you like a hug today
@CaringBrit
Nicely done! This is exactly what I have been doing for quite sometimes. Thank you for sharing, I am feeling sick today so I postmated some chicken soup. Have a good day!
@Jackie I hope you feel better soon and have a restful weekend!
@Jackie thankyou for feedback Jackie and hope you feel better asap
@CaringBrit
Thank you for this lesson and this series...lots of good tips.
I am in a fair bit of physical pain today, but am doing OK otherwise.
@ReallyRuth Sending you some warm tea to help ease the pain.
@Kate
Thank you. That sounds lovely.
@ReallyRuth your very welcome Ruth im glad youve learnt stuff from the tips and sorry to hear about the physical pain i really hope that eases
@CaringBrit
@kate
Thank you! I have shingles, so it could be uncomfortable for several weeks...but I will recover eventually
I love that you put your upcoming discussion schedule in the check ins!
@Jill7cups thanks it was done monday but i remind them of mine when it gets nearer ideal having a check in friday when my discussions are after that xd
What youre saying makes sense. Sometimes applying that can be a bit more challenging but I like the theory.
@pioneeringBanana1598 applying the theory can be hard so thats true for sure it takes persistence to keep trying to apply it
im glad you had a more positive day today and hope tomorrow it continues but much better for you
