I have been utilizing something I created, called unthinking , since my mid teens. It is difficult to describe but in essence you think about a problem in a conventional and unconventional manner until you have a satisfactory result, often times it is not a solution but a resolution of the question.
For it to be effective you must analyze your life frequently, looking for defects that could result in catastrophic events and be willing to repair these by consistently picking apart the pieces while also looking at the larger picture.
I use various statements from many sources that I have accumulated over the years to determine how to approach a problem. Your own memes and statements will be used but must also be analyzed for validity or defect. You would do well to accumulate as many useful thought statements or memes as possible. The more you have the better the resolution will be.
The name really describes what you are doing, you are unthinking what you have thought. You are undoing over thinking and returning to a balance.
This sounds to me like you are practicing a form of metacognition where you are thinking about your thinking and that you are using memes and other saying you have collected as guides to doing this. Does that sound right?
It might actually be better. Sometimes no one is around and you have nothing to distract yourself, but you need to step back from the edge of the precipice. Any skill I can learn that lets me do this on my own is a wonderful thing.
Yes, I would say so. I found it difficult to describe but recently I found a Coursera course called Learning About Learning that explained that there are two states of thinking to consider, focused and diffused and great people used their own technique to enter into a state in between, where both are accessible. I have been doing something similar it turns out.
I appreciate and value your opinion on it
Didn’t mean to talk you out of meracognition or other mindy mind tricks, but my experience with schiz is that the brain will possibly have insane power to do the deconstructions youre talking about, but youre not going to likely talk yourself out of delusion ultimately
CBT has taught me to continually question things that are bothering me before I react to them or let them influence my behaviour.
Is this likely to be real?
Why would a voice tell me to do that?
Am I important enough to be worth this attention? Honestly?
What are the likely outcomes?
Is it kind or helpful?
How do I choose to feel?
