Pressure by Youth Communication

Author:Youth Communication
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781575426563
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Published: 2014-02-27T16:00:00+00:00

For example, let’s say you get a 75 on a test. A reasonable reaction might be, “I didn’t study hard enough for this test, but if I study harder for the next one I’ll do better.” But if you’ve grown up believing, “If things aren’t 100 percent perfect, I’m a failure,” your immediate thought when you look at your grade might be, “I’m an idiot and I’ll never get into college.” That can cause anxiety.

Albin explained that my overthinking is actually a form of anxiety. Anxiety can be useful in small amounts. “It helps us focus, study harder, and so on. It does serve a purpose,” Albin said. “It becomes a problem when it starts interfering with everyday life.”

But you can’t magically get rid of the core beliefs that cause anxiety. “You can’t just say, ‘Don’t be anxious.’ That’s not helpful,” said Albin. It’s hard to change your core belief system because it’s so deeply ingrained in you, but you can change the way you think.

That’s where CBT comes in, according to Albin. “Cognitive behavioral therapy challenges the automatic thoughts in a given situation,” she said. The therapist helps you rethink the situation so that you have a more reasonable reaction to it.

So when you’re feeling anxious, you can learn to think your way out of it by telling yourself that the thoughts causing your anxiety are irrational. Then you try to rethink the situation in a more rational way, until eventually that way of thinking starts coming naturally.

It’s hard to change your core belief system because it’s so deeply ingrained in you, but you can change the way you think.

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