When you’re stressed, you tend to get stuck in one worry thought after another. A fun way to get unstuck from a concern is to take the long way around it.
Here’s how to do it.
Describe the stressful thought or worry with a longer, wordier description.
For example, to take the long way around the worry: “What if I fail the quiz tomorrow?” say to yourself, “My mind is once again having that very familiar and oh so scary thought — a thought that enters my mind over and over again, in the same way, despite me knowing that it’s not true — that I’ll fail the quiz tomorrow.”
Taking the long way around a stressful thought or worry creates some distance between you and the thought so that you can see things as they are rather than how you worry they are.
