Worries

My little escape from worryland exercise I have been given isn't working very well right now but in case it helps others I will share!

The idea of this exercise is that it brings your mind back to the now. It takes alot of work..It isn't easy but its achievable apparently. One day it will become second nature, I am told.

So when you find your mind wandering down a dark road, start feeling.......not the man next to you (well you can if you want, if it works) but say the chair u are sitting in....feel and concentrate, think about the texture, what do you feel, can you feel the stitching...look around, what do you see, how many colours are there, what stands out. Move on to the next thing in the room/car/area....how different shades are there, what does your top feel like, have a silent conversation with yourself.

If you can sustain it, it can bring you back the now and even for a moment, it can distract you from dangerous or hurtful thoughts.

And whilst you are doing this, say you are in your van with your daughter, and you start to feel the emblem on the centre of your steering wheel where the horn is......your technique is working well, that is until your daughter notices you doing what you are doing and asks who you are about to beep at?!!!! Says alot for my driving doesn't it :)