Posted by SLS on November 11, 2014, at 6:29:52
In reply to Re: Restarted Abilify - Feeling better. » SLS, posted by phidippus on November 8, 2014, at 5:45:29
> >I am trying to stay out of my head more and live in the moment.
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> Good for you, Scott. I'm glad to hear this.
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> What are you doing to accomplish this?When I "feel" myself allocating every thought to comparing my dysfunctional depressive state against that which I know would be healthy and functional for me, I try to recognize this bad habit and change my focus of attention on interacting directly with my environment without any filters. These filters served an important purpose when I first realized that my thoughts, and feelings were being dictated by a biological illness that I had been diagnosed of, and that I had no control of. It also vindicated me from my inability to complete school and hold a job. It preserved my self-esteem. It stopped me from committing suicide. However, this filter strategy had become a division of attention and a form of multitasking which depleted my mental energy.
My guess is that my change in focus might be accomplished though a combination of things resembling mindfulness and biofeedback training. I don't know. Of course, my current biological treatment has produced a degree of improvement that allows me to do this.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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