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'Sticky thinking' hampers decisions in depression

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114 points domofutu | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 21:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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worldsayshi ◴[26 Jun 25 13:03 UTC] No.44387032[source]▶
Any anecdata on successful ways to shed sticky thoughts once depression has been (mostly) beaten?
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1. linguistbreaker ◴[26 Jun 25 13:17 UTC] No.44387139[source]▶
Mindfulness and building the habit of letting go - let thoughts pass by like clouds, or landscape passing from a train. You notice the thought, but do not dwell on it.

The initial stage of dwelling gives thoughts footholds and reinforces them without evaluation of their validity. If a thought is worthwhile, you'll come back to it because it will stand out in the landscape of thoughts that went by.

Adopt of mindset of letting thought flow over and through you rather than catching each one and dwelling on it. When thoughts are shallow and numerous, this is like brainstorming.