Uncovering the Mystery of Intrusive Thoughts

0:00 according to research over 6 million 0:02 Americans suffer from intrusive thoughts 0:05 sound familiar these three steps could 0:07 help this is research Rising what are 0:11 intrusive thoughts Rodney luster PhD 0:14 senior director of research strategy at 0:17 University of Phoenix dives into the 0:19 subject in an article published in 0:21 Psychology today in the article he 0:24 points out that thoughts become 0:26 intrusive thoughts when they are 0:27 unwanted unintended and recurrent many 0:30 people cope with intrusive thoughts by 0:32 trying to suppress those thoughts but 0:34 luster points out that that can actually 0:37 make those thoughts even more intrusive 0:40 instead He suggests thinking objectively 0:43 finding a quiet place to meditate on 0:45 your thoughts and creating a script of 0:47 what to tell yourself when you have 0:49 these thoughts if you want to learn more 0:52 click on the link in the pin comment 0:54 below and while you're there take a 0:56 second to give us a like And subscribe 0:58 for more