“I wish I could stop over thinking”, ever find yourself saying this? When we are overthinking, we play a dangerous game and it is a game we rarely win.
It seems logical that we should be in control of what we think, it is after all our mind, but actually when we over think in a negative way repeatedly, it becomes part of our subconscious mind. It becomes habit and an automatic response. This negative over thinking can lead to anxiety, stress and low mood.
In SFH we teach you how to tame your mind so that you are in control. Simply put SFH gives you the tools to retrain your mind to focus on the positive so you can enjoy living your best life.
This quote from ‘Stop Overthinking – Master your Emotions” puts is very nicely.
“If one does not fight to take control of the mind, the mind ends up being in control, and when it is the mind that is in control, it tends to give free rein to negative thoughts as a deference mechanism, activate anxiety as a way of dealing with what it considers to be an imminent danger, even though there is no such danger. Or to make us anxious. That’s what the mind does when we leave it on automatic.”
We need to learn to be the gate keeper of our minds. We need to recognize those negative thoughts and stand up to them. Stop them. How do we do this? One way is by writing down the negative thoughts that normally crop up – then creating a list of positive thoughts that counteracts the negative ones. Every single time a negative though creeps in, it must be countered. In order for this habit to take hold, repetition is key.