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nymz

Updated 1y ago

Coping with Racing Thoughts and Paranoia

any ideas on how to cope with racing thoughts and paranoia?

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darklyfeathered

2y

Im struggling with this too. They feed into each other + obsessions. I’ve started writing my specific paranoid thoughts down. Everyone says mindfulness/meditation but that just makes it weirder
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nymz

2y

yeah... I’ve been trying to track the triggers that set it off.. honestly I find myself trying to meditate or be mindful and it just makes it worse : ((
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FelixTE

2y

Stay around people you trust and keeping yourself distracted
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Frapples

2y

Mine gets really bed at night or if I'm tired. Apparently being sleep deprived commonly causes paranoia. So I try and embrace the depression nap or watch a comedy show to distract my brain.
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Dayze

2y

Racing thoughts I'd say therapy and anxiety meds. Specifically non addictive anxiety meds. And if they don't work let your provider know so they can change the meds or up the dose. Paranoia depends on if it's from a mental illness that causes it or a traumatic event that just re triggers
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Dustmann

2y

For paranoia I used the wise mind from DBT. Paranoia means literally between the mind. I learned it's bouncing back and forth between the emotional mind and rational mind without paying attention fully to either. If you integrate both you reach the wise mind. Do it enough and you see all paranoia is fake, it just gets scary the deeper it goes.

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