Brain overthinking

[cheryl75]

So, after trying to re-train my brain for several months, I thought I had it under control. Today I sit here with a stinking cold and my brain has jumped into over drive! Every niggle in my body seems to escalate to a horrendous pain which my brain then tells me is something deadly. My shoulder aches, my chest hurts, ( this one leads my brain to think I might be having a heart attack) and no matter how hard I tell myself that it isn't happening and I am ok, a little voice keeps telling me what if??

Sounds silly, I know, but how do people stop the voices??

[sial72]

You stop them by not trying to stop them.
If you try to stop them it's like the elephant in the room thing so just let them be there and carry on with whatever you are doing and eventually they will disappear x

[cheryl75]

Thanks for the reply, I do try to just get on with day to day stuff. I suppose as I am feeling unwell, it all seems worse today. :unsure:

[sial72]

Definitely, when we are not well, everything seems worse.
I'm sure you'll be better when you recover from your cold x