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Dr Michael Greenberg - Somatic/Sensorimotor OCD, and rumination (#285)

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How to Stop Paying Attention

A common issue that people have is trying to stop paying attention by paying attention to another thing. We're not talking about a pulling your attention off of something by putting it on something else. People say, what about when i'm lying in bed at night and i've nothing else to pay attention tod? The answer is exactly the samething. It's important to say that the same rules apply when you're lying in bed with no other things to focus on. And don't ruminate about it. Let it be their unawareness, but don't direct attention. Ok, that's all the questions i had on it. Did you have anything else worth adding you think on ly stopping

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