Posted on Mar 5, 2023
Overcoming All-Or-Nothing Thinking When You Have Anxiety Issues
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This cognitively disordered thinking is not limited to anxiety but can also accompany depression, panic disorder, stress and other mental health issues
This cognitively disordered thinking is not limited to anxiety but can also accompany depression, panic disorder, stress and other mental health issues
Overcoming All-Or-Nothing Thinking When You Have Anxiety Issues
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I don't ever recall having "All-or-Nothing Thinking", Charlie... I may have been on the outskirts of it... All I can say is the more you learn, the more the more you must learn some more!
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I get all or nothing thinking from time to time - mostly when super stressed. I also get/have FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) - almost all the time. I also have Time Disphoria (I just made that up!) I think they may all be related to each other, and to ADHD (Which I have not been diagnosed with!).
I have trouble making decisions sometimes because I worry that if I choose 1 then I will miss out on 2, which MIGHT have been better.
I sometimes think that if I do "X" that I will NEVER get to do "Y", so I should just give up on "Y" and forget about it. But that is depressing, so I don't do "X" either, because then you at least have the POTENTIAL to do either "X" or "Y" still.
I sometimes think that a thing will only take 10 minutes to do/finish, but it actually takes hours. Or conversely, I'll think that a thing is going to take an hour, but when I actually do it it only takes 10 minutes. Or I'll start doing something, and think it's only been 15 min, but an hour and a half have passed, as I was focusing on the thing.
I'll have to read the article and see if it would help.
I have trouble making decisions sometimes because I worry that if I choose 1 then I will miss out on 2, which MIGHT have been better.
I sometimes think that if I do "X" that I will NEVER get to do "Y", so I should just give up on "Y" and forget about it. But that is depressing, so I don't do "X" either, because then you at least have the POTENTIAL to do either "X" or "Y" still.
I sometimes think that a thing will only take 10 minutes to do/finish, but it actually takes hours. Or conversely, I'll think that a thing is going to take an hour, but when I actually do it it only takes 10 minutes. Or I'll start doing something, and think it's only been 15 min, but an hour and a half have passed, as I was focusing on the thing.
I'll have to read the article and see if it would help.
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SGT Tiffanie G.
One phrase I have over my desk to help with this kind of thing is:
Question the Stress.
IS it real? Is it something I can do something about? Does it actually effect me? Things like that.
Question the Stress.
IS it real? Is it something I can do something about? Does it actually effect me? Things like that.
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