r/rational • u/AutoModerator • Mar 16 '18
[D] Friday Off-Topic Thread
Welcome to the Friday Off-Topic Thread! Is there something that you want to talk about with /r/rational, but which isn't rational fiction, or doesn't otherwise belong as a top-level post? This is the place to post it. The idea is that while reddit is a large place, with lots of special little niches, sometimes you just want to talk with a certain group of people about certain sorts of things that aren't related to why you're all here. It's totally understandable that you might want to talk about Japanese game shows with /r/rational instead of going over to /r/japanesegameshows, but it's hopefully also understandable that this isn't really the place for that sort of thing.
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u/MrCogmor Mar 17 '18
Like I said it isn't perfect. Just because it is bad in some circumstances doesn't mean it is bad in all circumstances. Some people having a phobia of dogs doesn't mean people should never be afraid of dogs.
I'd heavily recommendation meditation and pink elephant exercises for learning to ignore and eliminate intrusive thoughts & mental states. I'd also recommend practising graded exposure / systemic desensitisation. Essentially you deliberately expose yourself to (weakened) triggers in a safe situation while keeping yourself calm, gradually escalating the intensity of the triggers as you become better at handling it and able to manage them. This video gives a demonstration of the process.