REACH 8.4 ❍ Control Your Worry

Try controlling your thoughts. Have you heard of the “white bear phenomenon”?

Spend twenty seconds trying NOT to think about white bears.

What worked and what didn’t?

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Usually, people find that directly commanding themselves, “Don’t think about white bears,” just makes them think about white bears more. What can you apply from this exercise when you start thinking about the time when the person hurt you?