#158: How to Stop Obsessing About Someone

On Attachment

Stephanie Rigg

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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In this episode, we’re tackling the challenging topic of obsessive thinking about someone and how to break free from that mental loop that causes suffering. We’ll explore different approaches, including Byron Katie’s The Work as a top-down method for challenging your thoughts, somatic tools to discharge anxiety from the body as a bottom-up approach, as well as the broader work of addressing the insecurities and wounds that often fuel obsessive thinking.By addressing your thoughts, calming you...

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0:00.0	You're listening to On Attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience
0:09.9	relationships and where you'll gain the guidance, knowledge and practical tools to overcome
0:15.6	insecurity and build healthy, thriving relationships.
0:19.8	I'm your host, relationship coach Stephanie Rigg,
0:23.1	and I'm really glad you're here.
0:28.8	Hey, everybody, welcome back to another episode of On Attachment.
0:32.8	In today's episode, we're talking about how to stop
0:35.7	the endless cycles of obsessing and ruminating about
0:40.1	someone or something. So if you're someone with anxious attachment or any sort of level of anxiety,
0:48.1	which I think will capture a significant chunk of my listeners, I think this is going to be
0:53.9	a really helpful episode.
0:55.4	I'm going to be sharing a few reframes and techniques, things that I use regularly,
1:01.3	that allow me to feel free from the thoughts that's been around in my head. And I think that
1:07.2	the more we can release ourselves from this attachment to our thoughts as truth,
1:13.3	the more peace we have in our lives, the more control we have over our emotions
1:17.1	and the way that we respond and react to things in our lives,
1:21.6	it is an incredibly valuable thing to practice and hone our capacity for,
1:27.2	observing our thoughts, being the witness of our thoughts,
1:29.7	rather than experiencing them as true and all-encompassing. So often I hear from people
1:35.5	who more or less feel like their thoughts are in control and they are at the mercy of them.
1:42.9	This sense of, I can't do anything about it.
1:45.1	I can't help it, feeling like a really helpless victim of their own thoughts, almost like
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