
Ep. 166: Dr. Joel Minden — 1. How to Deal More Effectively with Anxious Thoughts
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Is There a Loop of Overthinking in Anxiety?
Anxious fiction comes from economical thinking, which is vague and not very believable. When people try to counter an anxious fiction with some reassurance, they get caught in this loop of overthinking where they go back and forth between the anxiety provoking concern and then the reassurance. So can you explain more about why our minds tend to give us these broad brush strokes, impressionistic ideas that drive our anxiety?
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