How to Interrupt Obsessive Thinking: Drop the Story
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How to Interrupt Obsessive Thinking: Drop the Story
In this video, I talk about noticing the quality of our thinking and how we can get hooked in the data. We may start churning the details and lose sight of really looking underneath what's fueling these obsessive thoughts.
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Hello Subscribers:
Thank you for checking out my videos and posting such thoughtful comments. It's inspiring to read your self-reflections and insights. I love how we grow from each other's sharing.
One thing I have learned after years of reading comments is that we are not alone. Many of us have the same experiences when it comes to relationships. We are all trying to make sense of attachment trauma and learn better skills of relating.
Great job everyone - keep going and keep learning!
As I'm sure you can understand, I'm not able to respond to all the comments and questions here on CZcams. I know this can be disappointing sometimes. Please forgive me. It is challenging to find the time for the careful consideration that is needed in order to respond to your heartfelt reflections. Even so, your vulnerability shines through.
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*_Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option._*
Yes, yes indeed.
Ugh that’s just a ‘meme’ platitude that has nothing to do with the video
@@AMayer-se6gg Duh- Ok.
Well I did just that
Exactly!! I like to say... Your value does not change based on someone's inability to see your worth
I guess one of my biggest triggers is feeling like I don't matter and feeling rejected.
rejection is my problem.
Same. I’m never a priority.
Me too
It seems we will all feel this way. I'm trying to keep my head up. It's hard. I think he will spend millions in therapy. He has no insight. I'm wearing makeup again and I know I'm gonna find the man that will love me. I'm just not sure where that emotionally mature prince charming is yet. I'm gonna find him. I dont even care about looks after the ignorant, uneducated toothless Hillbilly ass hole that bread crumbed me and the kids.....oops. there I go again. Where's my lipstick?
You do matter They don't. You are valuable. You are worth it. You treat yourself well because you understand self-care or else you wouldn't be here. You are a god/goddess. You *ARE* God/Goddess and God (God Particles, whatever you believe) is with you. There is no reason to be afraid or ashamed of who you are. Don't let your feelings define you. They don't. You are who you are (the *REAL* you) because you know who you want to be and have the courage to explain it here on CZcams. Don't be afraid to love yourself and forget about the others who want to forget about you. God's (you) created a world, a whole world full of amazing people you can meet that fill all of the qualifications that you want and even one's you never knew you wanted at all. Love yourself. You are your best friend. It's ok to walk alone because you're never alone unless you want to. God is with and loves you so much that he/she/they/it would want you to believe whatever you want and for it will be true! ❤️ Don't be afraid to speak your mind or believe something you want because you are here and that's all that matters.
Does anyone else do this, except about themselves? I am absolutely obsessed with healing myself. I can’t stop thinking about it, all day every single day. Trying to figure out how to fix myself, my life, my habits, my emotional state. Obsessively just trying to figure myself out
Yes
Sometimes silence speaks
🙋 I do ....... But I'm having trouble finding the steps how to do the fixing. I get the the identifying. .. I feel almost like a decision paralysis. And the stopping the physiological responses that gets triggered. Sitting through emotional physiological internal responses even though you want to be over this stuff it's been long enough, is the most uncomfortable feeling I've ever experienced. Just sitting through it is almost to much for me. I want my body to just stop it already stop hurting but I cant.
I hate the feels. I think I abnormally feel more intensely than most ppl do. And regulating them is hard when you "feel" your emotions in your chest and gut intensely.
Me too
Sometimes if you’re only talking with yourself you distort your own reality … you need someone else to help you sort it out. We can’t know everything about ourselves
Despite of great therapists, psychiatrists and research... This gentleman is the FIRST person who can fully describe my mental challenges. Thank you!
Most commentators tell you to change your focus to something else in order to avoid obsessive thoughts. But the problem is obsessive thought hijacks your ability to focus. If one could simply focus on another topic, the thought pattern wouldn't truly be of obsessive. Alan's approach is not so much to shift focus to something else, but to focus more deeply on the trigger or deep source of the obsession. Brilliant.
I obsess about times I've been hurt. I think I obsess because it (like you said) distracts me from the feelings I don't want to feel. Feelings of being not good enough and not worthy of love. I now know that those are just feelings and that they are definitive facts. I can now train myself to sit with those feelings no matter how uncomfortable, because I know they are feelings and not fact. You are doing a great job educating people and I greatly appreciate this. Love and Light.
I appreciate the kind words. These sound like helpful reflections. I'm reminded of how important it is to unpack these beliefs we have about ourselves.
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Here is What I did...
When I was going through my divorce and other situations that I was devastated , I would record myself every day stating the way I was feeling .
All the rumination and playing the same story in my head over and over and trying to find answers and obsessing and bla bla bla .
So now , if something bad happens , I go back to the recordings and have them as evidence that everything will pass and today I’m just fine . I went through hell but I survived when I though I wouldn’t .
So whatever I’m going through in the present shall also pass like it did in the past . I have prove and I even laugh when I hear the stuff I recorded it .
Why do we need that other person to acknowledge our feelings, to say they're sorry? It drives me crazy. He didn't really hurt me, he just let go. And it's so overwhelming.
Uranija I hope you moved on with a positive life. I hope I do.
@@gregorywebster6640 I wish you the best
Of the hundreds of videos I have watched. This one has helped me the most. This is the real deal, and I wish Alan was my therapist. He gets it, and it almost feels like he’s stepping into your life or situation when he speaks. Great work Alan. You’ve helped a lot of people.
Thank you.
Could not agree more. Thank you Mr. Robarge. You're shedding light on something that a few people talk about with so much intelligence and compassion. Putting back the power to change into my hands, not into the hands of others.
I agree! A brilliantly articulate explanation of how to handle obsessive thinking. Helped me clarify what I was doing to myself, and to work with the emotions to self-heal. Thank you so much Alan Robarge!
Jeff W me too. All his videos are spot on.
I have watched video after video of Mr. Robarge during the quarantine and now after, to help with me and also to understand why my last relationship failed... It's amazing when you get an ah-ha moment. I cannot believe how some of the videos is like he's actually talking exactly about me, my thoughts my obsessions, why he didn't call how I try to fix and think the partner will change...it's so unbelievable. Tells me I'm not the only one with these thoughts but also makes me have a lot of respect for the insight and talent of the therapist.... thank you Mr Robarge!
As an Anxious Attachment/Fearful Avoidant. This is stunning and completely accurate. It is traumatizing to sabotage something you know had real potential due to your own insecurities. And then dealing with the PTSD of not finding a solution to fix the problem that you created. The looping is unreal. It is beyond immeasurable. Breathe. Feel. Remember. Process. Let go. Move on.
Thank you. I was wondering how my ex feels. She is the anxious avoidant.
And as of the problems she created weren't bad enough she jumped into dating other people 3 weeks later after our very tumultuous passionate 2 yrs together.
This guy tells it exactly like it is. So insightful. Makes me feel validated and not that I must be defective.
You are valid, there is nothing wrong with you ❤️
I find myself listening to Alans videos over and over again -- so much that needs to sink in, and so much to learn. Thank you Alan for opening up windows for me.
AsSeenOnTV I do! Tell me more...
Wow you kinda blew my mind with that last part. I never thought of obsessive thinking as a way of not dealing with the feelings that were wanting to come up. Thanks for helping and being a positive human being.
So what do we do about it?
Step back and let the emotion come. Let the story go. Feel the pain.
Yeah, I did ruminate so much about 'what went wrong', or 'how did this happen?'. Added so many new 'layers', like you said, making it worse for myself. It seems like i cant be free, I 'tell the story' over & over to try & resolve it.
Yes I feel disrespected and dismissed. After being treated like I’m it, the one and only, special, loved. It’s so sad and painful. And confusing.
For me, the worst feeling is feeling disrespected. I just say I feel disrespected, then withdraw. I was disrespected by my mother all through my life.
In my adult relationships I just retreat now and let myself feel my whole body feel heavy. I lie down and cuddle my cats. I know the feeling will pass, but I withdraw now. I let myself cry if I need to.
I realise that the present-day trigger is about disrespectful behaviour I suffered as a child. It still hurts though. But now I say to the person how I feel, that I feel hurt. I also cry in front of people now. I don't hide my emotions anymore.
👏 happy for you.
I can really relate to this comment. I still don't cry in front of people though. The thought of being that vulnerable and someone not caring really gets to me. And yeah, I just realised that happened a lot when I was a kid. I got grilled ( interrogated ) to reveal my vulnerability and then shamed for crying and laughed at because my face screwed up when I cry and sometimes I just got told to shut up when I cried. I never even cried that often.
Mothers that have been disRespectful. Train their OFFSPRING kids in that BEHAVIORS also. They were NOT TAUGHT MANNERS. They were beaten mentally Emotionally for everything.
*_Don't miss her- miss who I 'thought' she was._*
Sooooo true!! I feel for you, and I feel the same... I wound up telling him in the end, "I know it's over but I got to tell you I like the phoney you that you were the first three months... I don't like the real you. He tried to be funny to my statement and said "Well, I can call him if you want me to" They just don't take it seriously.... they don't understand the level of hurt
We miss the idea of them yes. We miss the future we had with them in our head . We miss how they made us feel. In the end we miss us how we were more than them.
that part!
I miss who I thought he could become! silly of me..
@@antoinefillion-mariage6975 You mean how we invested more than them? God knows I did that and I won't do that again
Wow.
Actual tools not just campfire ghost stories.
Thank you
It takes monetized 'hate' out of the equation.
You are a treasure trove, a gold mine of insight. I am consistently amazed at how perceptive, insightful, elegant and delicate you are with your explanations. Yes, this resonates immensely. You are a gift in my life. I am very grateful to have found you.
AfterThis OurExile , I love this comment, it is like you have taken the words out of mouth :)
Ditto!!
Exactly
Yeppp
Well said! He's gold
i felt my GF did nt love me. Because I felt it, I believed it. I was wrong of course. Now I realize that i have to work through these exact issues. Often our strong feelings are NOT fact.
Every time you mention the mind churning and looping, it makes me crack up for some reason. It's SO true and it makes me feel so pathetic :( I wonder how people without attachment trauma feel about a break-up...
ViNtAgELovv11 Yeah, I cant even imagine
How do they feel? Like this...."Next!"
@@isacece1334 lol...but "next" could also be a sign of attachment trauma.
@@going-easy for them?
@@isacece1334 I mean ppl who jump from one 2 next.
This is so spot on...the looping story always leads me to be "right" and build a resentment.
The distortion of reality frequently leads me to assume the worst and add that to the story.
Great info on this topic.
Thank you for doing what you do!
This definitely falls into line with the epiphany I had that i can talk to so many people but only I can make the decision or solve the problem. When you realize that the solution, the acceptance, can only come from inside YOU! Good to vent to those you can trust but the solution IS within YOU.
Kelly, yes, the solution is within you. I like to say, "never follow those that think they have it all figured out." Only we know our own unique experience. Only we know what we need. We can ask for guidance, support or advice, but ultimately we are in the driver's seat making the decisions.
This is one of the core practices I promote in the community I created, Improve Your Relationships. Our community culture is influenced by the guiding principle of Self-Directed Healing. This perspective supports the distinction that by design we are not a mental health support group. We are a learning community. We each are responsible for ourselves and must define our own healing path. Start your weekly healing planner by joining us: www.alanrobarge.com/community
Alan Robarge is teaching me how to dig into my feelings and be kind and gentle to myself. Thank you.
I'm 60 and have been looping over conflicts all my life. I have lost entire weekends looping about a minor incident at work, for example. Thank you so very much for explaining how to break the cycle and heal. Now it's time to put it into practice!!
Drop the story line, looping... activated fear...triggering a feeling a painful feeling state so we ignore our own experience then shift back to the storyline in the attempts to avoid discomfort. There is value to the details but if we don't have the details, we "loop" our thoughts. We need to drop the story and come into a feeling state...(what are you feeling) then you make it then you name it. That leads to direct acceptance.
So very true... Thank you very much. I gave up going to therapists, because they didn't do anything to help me. This video helped to interrupt the rumination...I now realize that I'm distorting reality when trying to make sense of it. One moment I'm collecting evidence about how it's my fault, a moment later it's his fault... One moment he is the amazing person he was for 3 years and the other moment he is evil and everything was a lie. The problem is that I remember almost every conversation we had in the past three years so I'm going through all that...But now you gave me hope that I can go through this.
how are you right now
@@beyza-rt8xq Pretty bad. We got back together. I thought that he changed. Three years later I'm finding out about all kinds of lies and deception. Also finally found an explanation for all of it. Basically he has covert narcissistic traits. It's all starting to make sense and I am trying to process it. Still not able to break free, but getting there. I realize I was gaslit and I am focusing on myself more and what makes me happy. Thank you for asking.
@@rosenblau oh im sorry how things worked out for you but at least now you know definitely he is not the one for you. im experiencing the same problem but i was the one who left him and i would still never go back to him despite my exhausting situation. Because i know i cant be fixed in the same place that ive broken. It was my first relationship that just lasted 3 months but the post breakup has been 7 months as the exact same time ive known him. This video really opened my eyes because i didnt fully process my grief and i really lack meaningful relationships and my life is so boring rn lol. So i think at the end its all about focusing on your own needs and your future. keep going! we can do this 💗
@@beyza-rt8xq thank you so much and wish you the best!!❤
@@rosenblau I'm so sorry that you went through this. It really is despicable when someone can choose to undermine our faith in our own misgivings, make us feel like we were flawed in our hypervigilance when really there was cause.
I wish you great healing in coming back to yourself. Loving ourselves is surely the greatest
Thank you. Yes the mind wants to make the pain go away by figuring out a reason or going over the story. It's like my mind is in panic mode bc of the intense pain and thinks it can change what happened by replaying the story. The mind won't surrender or accept the loss. I appreciate you making this video. How can I be kind to myself? Wonderful approach 🙏
that is it exactly, thinking the mind can change what happened by replaying the story...the refusal to surrender and ACCEPT THE LOSS. Whoa, crazy but true that is what my mind is doing, too.
Sunflowershowers a
Tree seer very well put ... I feel the same xx
Be kind yourself.....by treating yourself like you would a loving child or a pet. 🙏
@@Alphacentauri819 love that!💗
Your channel is a godsend to me. I'm dealing with so much right now and doing the therapy and medication thing for anxiety, depression and PTSD, but in between my sessions your videos are changing my life and the way that I think. I cannot thank you enough for sharing this content on CZcams. I know you are helping so many, like myself.
This is exactly who I am and what I'm going through right now and I didn't know that it was common enough that someone would make a video about it. I think a lot of us are inflicted with this particular Obsession of the narrative. I know I am. Thank you for helping.
I'm not struggling with my feelings... I'm struggling to figure out what the heck went wrong...i know what my feelings are but not what to do with them
This is a good one. I also thought about it. And looks like this question doesn’t even make sense because nothing went wrong, you were just being yourself. Sometimes another person has their own underlying unresolved issues with their lives and they need time to heal it. What helped me is to thank what we had, to remember beautiful moments and keep that in our heart as a warm memory. And keep moving forward, improving ourselves, grow.
same here
I don't get it
everyday she chooses to be with a severely mentally unstable/dangerous man
❤️
This makes so much sense. I just went through a divorce that I did not want to happen and I was examining all the behavior I could see and interpreting it and inventing stories and narratives. And I'm still doing it too...
Extremely helpful. I am so high intelligent and at the same time have this emotional gap in self regulating and dealing with difficult feelings and now I got how I can manage my experience in a productive way and comforting rather then create more tension or even self hate by not accepting or not acknowledging feelings and to simple be with them and offer that it is not necessary truth the conclusion I make up. I wonder how it will look like in practice. Basically I got to take a deep breath and accept and support myself. I can't wait to practice that. The difficult feeling show up in the relationship with a man that I badly want to be and he may not be available and I am so judgmental him but mainly how I am not lovable, not worth actually I didn't identify the feeling by I could experience being totally hooked. Painful reaction. Almost self intoxication.
Alan, you are amazing. Thank you so, so much for explaining the various hurricanes that sweep through and often take up residence in my head in such fine-tuned, explicit detail. Every word seems so thoughtfully chosen and eloquently explained. Your videos are intensely packed with such intricate detail that they paint a picture one feels the urge to revisit a number of times in order to gain more and more understanding. However, from the get go you speak with such exact precision and high definition. I didn't think anyone could know my mind better than me but here I am nodding my head vigorously at the screen. Thank you for connecting all the dots for me, helping me to see the whole picture and explaining what to do thereafter. Wishing you all the best.
I have to agree Sophie, Alan is the only person I have ever listened to who has made sense of what Iv gone through. Amazing videos and so so helpful x Thank you Alan
It is just so weird that a man from the other side of the world knows you better than you know yourself 👏 Millions and billions of thank yous from me Alan, you have helped me more than you could ever imagined 💜💜
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This was super helpful. Alan, have you considered making these videos into an audio podcast? I was listening to the video in my car, it would be nice to listen to them all while I drive. In any case, thank you so much.
When I hear start placing blame on another person, I stop myself and start to self reflect and change my attitude or perspective exc..whatever is needed in the situation.
I'm a 56 yr old woman finally getting it with these videos!!! Thank you!!! It feels so good to be understood:)))
This is the best video on the web about this topic.
This guy's wonderful. So concise, and he so gets the emotion behind it all. Amazing stuff.
Dont ever take these down !!! Its so life saving so much help from this to help me understand and heal !!! Thank you !! I am binge watching all of them daily in the evenings and im already feeling much more in control
Thank you for the supportive comment! I'm glad to hear you're receiving benefit from my videos. Thank you for valuing my work. Yes, many people can relate with this, which is why I created the community, Improve Your Relationships. We benefit from each other's healing. You're invited to come check it out: www.alanrobarge.com/community
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I love how detailed your videos are . I have been dealing with the loss of what I feel is the love of my life. Someone I feel and know I could never replace. I will do my best to put into practice what you have said and try to catch myself. I feel like I have accepted that story that I tell myself that I will never be happy again, I feel sometimes that nothing is worth it without him, or that nothing is worth experiencing or enjoying if I cannot share those experiences with him, but I have told myself that if that's how it should be then it shall be that way, which is sort of liberating I guess even though it isn't ideal. I also feel that feeling of worthlessness or "not being enough" which in retrospect seems not to make sense because at one point I seemed to be more than enough, when we were still together. And remember feeling like I was the best fit for him. It is odd just how quickly and rapidly being broken up with can destroy all the positivity and happiness and sense of self-worth and respect you have spent your lifetime teaching and giving yourself. It is so true that your brain is constantly looking for ways to distract you from the TRUMENDOUS and COLOSSAL pain that is in you. A part of me is afraid that even if I do cry enough, or if I do let myself feel everything, it still won't go away. But I guess that's another " story "...
Christina V I know where your coming from. it's been 2 yrs and I still have bad days. But I have more good days then bad days. My story is a little more complicated but I believe if I knew the truth i could heal. It's the not knowing that I believe that keeps us stuck. I hope you are able to move on as I do for me also. I just wish I has someone that was a professional to talk to that understood things and could help me figure out if things that he said to me were real or just trying to scare me. But my gut tells me they were for real and that is why it's been so hard to let go. I know I'm not making much since but that's because I can't write certain things. thank you for your comment because you seem to feel like i feel.
Check out Pia Mellody video on how your self-worth does NOT fluctuate or depend on your life circumstances - how people consider you.
p.s.: "Who would you be without your story?" Check out Byron Katie.
My ex was a manipulating liar. She presented one person to me that was totally not who she was. It turned out that she was very promiscuous. So I'm constantly running into men that she slept with who are in my social circle. Now because I loved her so deeply, this crushes me into a state of total inadequacy.
What do I do about this storyline?
Christina V feel you 100%! Even after so many years
Thats me ! ... im looping over nothing ! Glad to hear this .. very concise . Thankyou x
You are a gift to humanity! 🙏🏻💕 Thank you!
Thank you again Alan! You can't imagine how much you have helped me.
You have truly tapped into your calling!
You are truly amazing. Your insight is incredible. You seem to know EXACTLY how I'm feeling. It's comforting that someone understands.
This is incredible, so glad to find this, I do all of this and I’m sabotaging myself
You are brilliant !!! Thankyou for teaching your fantastic insight and understanding xx
Feel the feeling, drop the story. Sage advice, thank you Alan.
Thank you for the work you do, and the generosity and kindness with which you do it. Your videos are hugely helpful to me. Thank you.
Thank goodness for people like you.
you are a true professional mate. i have watched this after the break up a while ago but this time i am taking it in after the grief has subsided. thank you :)
I enjoy how you get into detail about the thinking process, behind the illusion and the disillusion. That's exactly what I need at a time like this 👍.
i can't thank you enough for sharing this information freely. like others have said i keep returning to your videos. I also really appreciate your no nonsense, no coddling approach. Thank you for all you give to the world.
Precisely!! I have watched so many videos about this topic and all the other videos don’t really describe this correctly. Thank goodness for your video! I have been looping for over a month now and cannot afford to lose anymore productive time to this. Thank you for identifying the core issue and for the suggested fix!!
This experience sounds challenging, empathy to you. Glad the videos are helpful. Thank you for valuing my effort.
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I am deeply grateful for your videos. The way you share this knowledge in a clear and compassionate manner is simply priceless.
i have been finding your videos to be the most helpful of any on this platform. i was going to actually search for a coping technique... and this popped up in recommended out of the blue - it was spot on what i was looking for without even knowing the words to really describe it. i've been sharing your videos with others - your approach is so helpful because you speak the same words we all say inside, and you give sollutions, not just reasons. has been really life-changing for me
I didn’t know I needed this channel until I watched this video. Thank you I hate having obsessions over that other person. I remember telling that other person that I keep thinking about him and he told me that it was good that I keep thinking about him, and tbvh it feels more frustrating rather than a pleasurable experience. Thank u
wow that was so incredibly useful thank you! Separating the 'storyline' from my core feeling has allowed my to identify it more accurately and now I feel I can work on fixing the feeling and not the story. Thank you so much.
I binge watch the heck out of your videos. They have changed my life more than any therapy session has. Thank you x1,000,000
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Accurate and helpful beyond belief. Thank you x
I struggle with this. So much value in how simply you explain complex trauma. Working on self evaluation and healing.
This video is telling my story! Its like you are in my head. Wow, I'm so grateful to you for making this and being willing to share your knowledge.
You have no idea how helpful your videos have been to me ... I have for the past 6 months read books (Eckard Tolle, Wayne Dyer, Abraham Hicks, Michael Singer, etc ...) have also watched self help videos ... many of them ... and really, you were the one who made me see the whole picture and now know I can get out of the looping my brain and heart have been in. All though I am dealing with someone who there is a big chance is a narcissist ... this video and others of yours have really helped me! So much detail! Amazing! Thank you so much!
You are an incredible teacher. Thank you for doing these videos.
I just did this very thing today! Perpetuating my own panic with layering the story and judgement!! Aaargh!!!
Wow this information is 100 percent correct! Thank you 😊
I love all your clips, but this one is incredible! I am lucky to have mentors who have talked for years about 'dropping the story' but I have never heard anyone tell us what to do with the feelings. The detailed instructions on how to bring it back over and over and self love is simply wonderful. Thank you so much Alan!
So amazingly insightful. I do this distortion of reality and it’s so hard to stop. Checking in with how I feel helps so much. ❤️❤️❤️
Blown out of the water by the insight into myself that I have gained already from watching these videos. Thank you Sir for posting them. Much love and respect from Australia.
I take a breath n say my feelings aren’t facts, then positive affirmations.....he’s so on point, when you grab awareness of your mind trying to protect you by looping you’ll gain control
Spot on Angelica.
Very enlightning video indeed. Probably the most usefull I've seen on the topic to date. There's so many videos out there explaining what attachment styles are in theory and where it stems from, but truth be told, once that understanding has settled with you, you are in a dire need of someone providing some tools in how to concert that from rational understanding into emotional practice. This video did so. Thank you Alan
You are a brilliant man.
I am busy healing from my wounds just by listening to your advice
This is a brilliant interpretation. It's how crazy we can create a story to scare ourselves and push people away. When I am triggered by my own version of stories, I would look for validation from external source and forget to look within. The discipline is vital as you said. Thank you so much.
Good insight. You have good clarity. Glad you are finding benefit from the content. You're welcome.
Alan, chock full of info and practical solutions! Thank you, I could’ve saved myself a lot of angst.
Thank you so much with coming out with videos of this type of topic. This really helped me understand and made me honest about my own obsessive actions that I have been pulling on my boyfriend. I have a huge problem with all the actions you mentioned in this video and you're techniques are extremely helpful
This is some real insight into pain and thought loops. You have a genuine understanding of the process. I appreciate that a lot and don't see it often enough in most other therapists. Thank you for this video and for the rest of your work. I've subscribed :)
Thank you so much for this video, it was an eye opening for me. I felt like a big bagaje came off me. And I can see things from another perspective. I feel free now
This is the best description and technique I have ever been given. This is truly outstanding advice for those of us who get completely stuck in the story. Talk about self sabotage. Thank you.
Alan, can't thank you enough for your videos!
I really needed to hear this, especially today. I'm grateful for your videos, thank you 🙏
Alan Robarge you have such a gift. Your way of explaining topics gives me a depth of understanding that I've never experienced before. I'm very grateful for your videos.
Learning how to pull oneself out of the story, learning how to drop the narrative, learning how to find comfort in the discomfort Boy, you are so deeply knowing Alan!!! P.xx
This is exactly what I've been going through, and couldn't find a way to break my pattern, couldn't recognize the "triggers" that sent me on this narrative in my head.
So well spoken and explained.
Thank you!
Completely bang on. Your work and simplicity of words are powerful, useful and most definitely understandable. The work you do will help me as well as my clients. The 'story' is where I sometimes get stuck and doing the work is so important in order to catch myself. Thank you for being a path and a light!
Excellent, this video is a game changer. Thanks for your work.
So very helpful! I've been there so many times. Along with the video you did on becoming unavailable, this makes total sense. Having someone describe these patterns is life-changing. Thank you for putting this out.
This is gold. Thank you Alan.
You are simply amazing. Thank you for your time, energy, efforts and sincere genuine love for there. You are more helpful than you will ever realize. You are a gift from God. A real Angel
This is gold!!!!
Love this video so much! It skills be played in high schools to help prep people early with how to handle intense emotional hijacking.
What a great video Alan. Many many Thanks!
This is awesome shit right here !!
Alan, i spent 11 years in SLAA and you have made me understand Love addiction in 30 minutes. Your a God! Thank you the world needs this. NOW
This is brilliant. You are gold, Alan
Thank you SO much. You're amazing to offer all of this insight for free!!
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This one resonates tremendously. Thank you.
resonate, trying to process this is an art! not by force, taking a break now after listening to this. will listen to it again later by droping the story and being in the moment internally!
Thank you for this video. I haven't found any other explaining it in this depth
Oh. My. God. Amazing. Thank you.