Connect with people who understand what you are going through, seek advice and surround yourself with support. We're free, anonymous, and professionally moderated 24/7.

47,612Members
1,358,869Posts
1,400,000Visitors

Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

NikNikSenior Contributor03 Mar 2016, 3:52 pm AEDT

Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

How does the way we think influence the way we feel?

With Brain Awareness Week coming up from 14-20 March, we decided to investigate what goes on in our minds, which we may or may not be aware of, and how this can contribute to mental illness.

Join us on Tuesday, 15 March at 7pm AEDT to be part of the conversation!

4 things you can do now:

1. Register as a member of the forums, which enables you to participate in the session

2. Hit the like button below to receive an email reminder on the night

3. Check out a blog about how our thinking patterns can maintain our distress

4. Leave a question below, if you can't make it tonight

103 replies

91 - 100 of 103

1...9 10 11

In response to: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

JacquesSenior Contributor15 Mar 2016, 8:49 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

Yes i try to practice mindfullness, i try to allow these thoughts and feelings to pass and not react to them, but i really struggle with this, maybe i need more practice 🙂

Thank you so much for the night @Shimmer, @CherryBomb and all the forumites 🙂

hugs to you all, good night.

Jacques

In response to: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

ShimmerSenior Contributor15 Mar 2016, 8:50 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

@Jacques I'm sorry to hear that there are so many sources of distress for you. I can hear that you try really hard with this 🙂 Maybe one thing for you to focus on if you feel like you are just seeing the negative is the mental filter - that is, when you think about yourself, trying to include positive things too, like how much you mean to and help out all your Forums friends

In response to: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

Shaz51Senior Contributor15 Mar 2016, 8:50 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

thank you @CherryBomb, and @Shimmer, for an interesting subject

In response to: Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

CherryBombSenior Contributor15 Mar 2016, 8:51 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

Practice makes perfect @Jacques! Well, maybe not perfect, but better anyway.

To end tonight, can I ask what was one thing that you found useful/helpful tonight that you will take away and use?

In response to: Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

LookingupCasual Contributor15 Mar 2016, 8:54 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

i am going to use the forms to identify my thoughts so that I can really tackle how I treat myself. Thank you so much for tonight

In response to: Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

Shaz51Senior Contributor15 Mar 2016, 8:54 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

Hi @CherryBomb

It takes time , so one day at a time , to think postive thoughts

In response to: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

ShimmerSenior Contributor15 Mar 2016, 8:55 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

Good question @CherryBomb - there is strong evidence that CBT is helpful for a range of mental illnesses. However, you may find that CBT isn’t the best approach for you. Psychology is not a “one size fits all” discipline. There is a huge range of treatment approaches out there (and a huge range of psychologists that deliver them!) and different ones will fit different individuals better. Or maybe you might find CBT helpful to a certain degree, but then want something else. This is all okay – there is no “right” way to recover

In response to: Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

Unknown userMember15 Mar 2016, 8:57 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

Thanks everyone. Very interesting.

In response to: Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

ShimmerSenior Contributor15 Mar 2016, 8:57 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

What a great thing to take away @Lookingup! How we treat ourselves is so important!

If people would like to explore this approach to identifying and challenging unhelpful thinking styles further, perhaps we can start a thread to keep the discussion going?

In response to: Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

CherryBombSenior Contributor15 Mar 2016, 8:58 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 15 March, 7pm AEDT // Managing and changing your thoughts

What a fantastic evening. Thanks so much @Shimmer for chatting with us tonight, and a very big thank you to all of our contributors tonight.

It was great to share our experiences with battling our mind. The main message I'm taking away from tonight is that it is possible (challenging no doubt, but possible) to change and challenge the way we think, which can change the way feel and behave.

91 - 100 of 103

1...9 10 11