Stopping negative thoughts about stuttering

Stopping negative thoughts about stuttering The best way I have found to stop negative thought loops Do you ever find yourself getting caught in a vicious cycle of negative thinking? This was my life a few years ago, everyday. I legitimately only had a window of time where I could text the girls back that I liked. This window of time was the first hour after smoking weed. This would be the only time where I felt I was in a good enough state to not self sabotage the conversation I have going on with whoever I was speaking to. It was painful to say the least. I now still get caught in a negative thinking cycle from time to time but it never lasts and I always know how to get out of it. How? 👉 taking action outside your comfort zone you know you should be doing. Simple. When we are in a negative state, we are often so stifled that all we do is stop living and progressing. We start binging on YouTube and Netflix, maybe porn. All of which causes you to doubt yourself more and more. Taking action outside your comfort zone doesn't nessesarily mean scaring yourself and facing a fear (although that is great).. but it could be doing the chore you keep putting off because of laziness. That is something not comfortable to do in the state you're in right now, which means outside your comfort zone. What happens when you leave your comfort zone, you will shock yourself out of that negative state. Maybe not fully right away.. but you build momentum. Because you just won. You beat the mental battle in your mind. And after 1 minute of doing that task you start feeling good emotions. You start feeling a sense of honor with yourself. This can even be as small as doing the dishes. And the more momentum you build, the easier it gets to do the tasks that you know you should be doing. Soon you'll be doing the things you know you should be doing as you're on a new wave and those negative thoughts will just dissipate. Pro tip: if you can't will yourself to do a task. Just tell yourself "5 minutes". Just do the task for 5 minutes and after that 5 minutes if you really need to stop, then you can. (But by this time your brain will already be receiving good emotions which will make you wanna keep going). So now anytime I catch myself in a weird negative state, I just had to do the things I know I should be doing. Stop distracting myself with social media and take action. Simple. But key.