08/23/2026
“Just stop thinking about it.”
If it were that easy, I would.
Sometimes, my mind starts looking for warning sign, wondering if something could be wrong.
For me, it usually happens with my health.
But for someone else, it might be something completely different.
💬 A conversation you keep replaying.
👶 Something your child said.
💸 A bill you weren’t expecting.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞.
Your mind starts looking for evidence that something is wrong.
And once it starts, it can be hard to stop.
I’ve had people tell me, “Just stop thinking about it.”
I know they mean well.
But that advice always makes me feel like they just don’t understand.
If I could simply stop the thoughts, I would.
The problem is, I’m not sitting there choosing to think about something that scares me.
The thoughts are automatic.
📖 Yesterday, I found myself doing exactly that.
Usually, a session helps me when I get stuck in that high-alert state, but Abbie is out of town this weekend, so I decided to find another way to work with what was happening.
That’s when I remembered Day 3 from our 10-Day Energy Cleanse book. It’s about ANTs, Automatic Negative Thoughts.
👉 One of the things we do in the book is take the negative thought and consciously replace it with a different one.
That’s when I remember, I didn’t need to stop the thought, I needed to change the conversation by REPLACING it.
Last night, when I woke up and felt my mind scanning my body for danger, I didn’t try to argue with myself or force the thoughts away.
And slowly, I felt my nervous system begin to calm down.