Ruminating can be very harmful so break the circle of thought
Ruminating is an integral process in maintaining anxiety or depression and most people who have chronic anxiety or depressive feelings engage in this destructive thinking process.
It's not the content of the process that's the most dangerous; the cycle of thought is what does the harm.
Chronic anxiety or depression tends to compel people to ruminate in order to try over and over again to solve their problems. Ruminating will completely absorbs you if you let it and you'll become even more anxious or even more depressed. I see many people with many different life problems to solve and probably about eighty percent of them have a problem with rumination
The way out is to break that cycle ?round?and?round?and?round.
Here are some ways to break the cycle:
1. Make sure you catch yourself if you are about to fall into that self-destructive cycle.
2. Get busy?.any way, any how. Just get into something that requires your attention. This may be gardening, reading, sport, work, anything that really holds your attention.
3. Work out?yes that's right, hard aerobic exercise will drive away those negative thought processes and make you feel much better. A good work out helps you to feel in control of yourself as well and that's always a good thing.
4. Learn to take your own thoughts a little less seriously'OK, this takes a bit of working on but it will come and so will the benefits. When you find yourself thinking about the catastrophe that might happen or the problems you face, pull yourself up and question the way you feel. Ask yourself ?what lead to this? what was I thinking before this thought came into my head??
5. Take time to learn to direct your thoughts to some task as soon as you find yourself beginning to ruminate. Fill up the washing machine, go to the shop, clean the car, anything. If you're at work or somewhere you can't change what you're actually doing then pick an object such as a pen and hold it for a moment, examining it to see if it has any features you never noticed before. Wonder at where it was made and how it came into your possession. Or, you could hum a nursery rhyme in your head (not out aloud).
6. Don't get involved with your thoughts?Yes you heard correctly, just allow those negative thoughts to drift on by like you were watching your thoughts as pictures or short videos. You might like to just see them as a symbol of some king that just passes by while you observe it but stay detached.
For many, trading is a passion. Successful traders love their job and feel a thrill when they complete a winning trade. But, just as gamblers can become addicted to the slot machines or poker tables, so can traders become addicted to trading. It's a fine line - Kimberly Young, a Pittsburgh psychologist and founder of the Center for Online Addiction, says compulsive online traders are overwhelmingly young and male, are big risk-takers, and trade heavily on margin (using money borrowed from their brokerage).
Of course, many traders fit that profile and aren't considered trading addicts. Trading is a legitimate business that can generate a healthy living. It becomes a problem when a trader can't stop trading when they are on a long losing streak.
How can you tell if you, or someone you know, are addicted to trading? The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey put together the questionnaire below. The organization estimates that approximately 5% of traders exhibit addictive traits.
If you answer "yes" to a majority of the questions, you may be prone to trading addiction.
1.Do you trade options, futures, or commodities for your own accounts? 2.Do you purchase securities on margin? 3.Do you get involved in short term trading (day trading) for yourself or for clients? 4.Do you have unusual work habits and hours? 5.Are you reluctant to take regular vacations? 6.Do you settle your account on a timely and proper basis? 7.Do your clients have a large number of regulation "T" violations? 8.Do you have an inordinate amount of personal or family related trades? 9.Do you borrow from the firm or fellow employees? 10.Is your portfolio heavily weighted in speculative investments?
If you are trading for love, you might find that you have a few obstacles that those who trade for money don't. Sometimes the thrill of the job might take you off track and you will have to be disciplined enough to come back to your original plan. When you trade for love, you are more likely to bring your emotions and your ego into your trades, which often lead to financial mayhem.
Trading for love means trading with passion. If you are trading for the love of the gig it would probably be useful to you to set some financial goals and rewards along the way to help keep you centered and focused. It is not always easy to remember where you were going when you are celebrating a good trade that you risked on or when you are mourning a poor result from a poor decision. Adding the concrete into your day can help you keep your emotional waves in check.
Certainly, trading is fun and we all need a bit of that! But if you have a problem restricting your trading, even after you have lost considerable amounts of money or when you need to borrow money for your next trade, you may consider seeking help.
In the mean time, Good Luck on your journey to success.
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