Getting Rid of Brain Weasels
Removing those negative thoughts that tell you everything will go wrong
Brain weasels are random thoughts running around in your head telling you that you are no good, insufficient, unimportant, and unable to succeed. They can be vicious and will chase one another around. They often manifest as anxiety and insecurity. These are out-of-context and random emotions, and they are total liars.
What does that mean? When I am thinking about something, I frequently see not only the angle I wish to take, but alternatives that are both good and bad, and all kinds of possibilities. Because of this, I frequently find it difficult to manifest precisely what I wish to.
I woke up the other morning feeling anxious. I realized quickly what was causing my anxiety, but even knowing that I found it very hard to move past it. It was right there, making my heart pound, causing me to breathe too shallowly, feeling all uncomfortable, and I couldn’t shake it.
I still maintain that we are able to control our feelings…but this takes a lot of practice. This can be a pretty daunting task. I know that what I am feeling is not what I want to be feeling, I am aware of what I am feeling and where it is coming from, so now I should be able to change it.
Of course, it is seldom that simple. This is even more challenging when, for the most part, you have previously just let your emotional states be. Getting them under your direct control takes a whole bunch of conscious effort, and that can be complicated, too.
Random emotions running around like brain weasels in your head are particularly hard to control.
Carried along by the patterns
It is amazingly easy to just be drawn through patterns. In particular when you have a relatively established daily routine. Get up, go to work, work at work, go home, eat dinner, watch TV, read, go to bed, repeat tomorrow — or whatever your typical day looks like. While you are partaking of your routine your subconscious often has control, and that can lead you precisely where you don’t want to be.
So what? If, while you are at work, you pause to check social media, and you read about the ills of the world, or…
