Entangled Thoughts And The Compulsive Internal Dialogue
Entangled Thoughts
This happens when you have created an inner dialogue running through your mind persistently this can be about nonsensical topics, at time even aggressive, sexual, or otherwise bewildering.
Most often, answering back or arguing with an intrusion is what keeps it going entanglement can happen in a variety of ways. You become focused on the thought or sensation and attempt to rationalize it, explain and understand its meaning.
Your thoughts trigger your alarm response, and so the thoughts feel like they are correct. Come back to the realization that feelings aren’t facts Anxiety is bluffing you once again.
Thoughts are imaginations inside your mind, a form of pretending, rehearsing. You forget about this as soon as you become more entangled with your thoughts.
When emotions are added to a neutral thought, it becomes much easier to become entangled with it.
Entanglement is a major factor in keeping intrusive thoughts going.
Ascent CBT March 11, 2023
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